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District asks for non-homestead millage renewal

Rockford — Voters in the Rockford Public Schools district will be asked to renew a non-homestead millage that provides 6.8% of the district’s annual budget. The request comes as two questions. 

Initially adopted in 1994, the non-homestead millage is not a tax on primary residences. Instead, the millage levies taxes on land and buildings such as businesses, rental properties and vacation homes. Because of the way the adopted millage proposal was structured, voters are asked to renew it every four years. The current rate is 16.5992 mills. The standard renewal request appears as “Operating Millage Renewal Proposal” on the ballot. 

The second proposal, appearing as “Operating Millage Proposal” on the ballot, asks voters to approve a millage increase on non-homestead property taxes for the next five years (2022-2026). This will generate approximately $562,571 for the district’s operating budget and restore funds lost in the past four years due to Proposal A, which reduced the millage approved in 1993 from 18 mills to 16.5992 mills. 

More information can be found on the district’s website.

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Allison Poosawtsee
Allison Poosawtsee
Allison Poosawtsee is a reporter covering Rockford Public Schools and Kent City Community Schools. She has spent 15+ years working and writing in the education context, first for her alma mater, Calvin University, and then for various businesses and nonprofit organizations in the Grand Rapids area. As a student journalist, she served as editor-in-chief of Calvin’s student newspaper where she garnered several Michigan Collegiate Press Association awards for her work. Allison is a proud parent of two Grand Rapids Public Schools scholars and a passionate advocate for the value of public education.

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