Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to school district budgeting by modifying provisions relating to proposed property tax amounts
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means Committee
Topics:K–12 educationTaxesProperty taxesSchool funding
Same legislation: HSB 768
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 31, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 31, 2026
- Done: House committeeApril 8, 2026
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 20, 202691–1
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School districts are usually not allowed to raise their proposed property tax amounts after a specific public hearing. This bill allows them to increase those amounts if state funding numbers are not ready in time for their budgeting process. However, if they do increase the taxes, they cannot raise them more than they did the previous year.1
Read the official explanation
2A as part of the budgeting process. This bill permits a school district, due to the timing of enrollment determinations and the enactment of school aid legislation, to increase the proposed property tax amount to be included in the school district’s budget.2A shall not exceed such property tax dollar amounts calculated using percents of growth equal to those applicable to the immediately preceding school budget year.
Why it matters. School districts would be allowed to increase their proposed property tax amounts during the budgeting process if state enrollment and aid figures are not yet finalized. If these state growth percentages are not established by March 5, the school district's proposed property tax amount cannot exceed the amount calculated using the previous year's growth percentages.2
Changed since by amendment H-8382; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named April 28, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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