Are you willing to pay more in property taxes to pay for St. Johns County teacher raises? That question could be on the ballot for voters in 2024.
by $1,142 to $48,642 and teachers rated effective and highly effective for the year get a $1,522 and $2,029 raise, respectively.
Slough said nearby counties, a total of 23 in the state, have already leveraged millage rate increases and are using the money to pay teachers more than what St. Johns County is able to.For four years in a row, Slough said the state has hampered the district’s ability to collect more taxes even though property values have skyrocketed because it set what’s called a rollback rate, meaning the county couldn’t collect any more property taxes than it did the year before.
Also in 2024, voters will be asked to renew a half-cent sales surtax that was passed by St. Johns County voters in 2015. The tax that has helped the district build new schools and improve security is set to expire in 2025. “If we were to lose that sales tax revenue, it would just hamper us indescribably, to do all the things we need to do because kids keep coming,” Slough said.
In order to move forward with the plan to put the referendum on the ballot, the school board will need to vote to start the process. The district would then put together a plan to educate the public about the need for the additional millage as well as a detailed spending plan.
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