What is the Half Penny?
The ballot initiative that will go before Leon County voters will ask whether they favor continuing the current half-percent sales tax for school-related improvements throughout their public school district. Leon County voters approved the current “half-penny” sales tax in 2002; it expires at the end of 2012. Read More...
Why is it Important?
Public schools have many more capital needs than property taxes alone can pay for. Two-thirds of Leon County Schools’ bricks-and-mortar inventory is more than 35 years old. Moreover, the revenue pie for school districts has shrunk considerably since the tax was first approved 10 years ago. Read More...
What Does it Fund?
For the past 10 years, the half-penny tax has raised $184 million for capital improvements, $61 million of which was paid by people who live outside of Leon County. The money was spent exactly as the Leon County School Board pledged. Read More...
From the Blog
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CIRT Committee...
The CIRT Committee issued their final report and presented it to the Leon County School Board on Tuesday, May 22nd. [...]
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