Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Avossa wants property taxes to be used to pay more money to teachers. The proposal would have homeowners paying an additional $25 per $100,000 of assessed tax value on their property tax bills. Avossa says teachers are leaving the district due to low salaries and he wants to offer more money to keep them here. This would be on top of a one percent per dollar sales tax increase that went into effect this year, with half of that going to the school district.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Palm Beach County homeowners could soon be forced to choose between higher taxes or more teachers in the classroom.
Superintendent Robert Avossa and the Palm Beach County School District want property taxes to foot the bill for teacher’s raises. The issue could be seen on voter ballots in November.
According to our news partners at the Sun-Sentinel, homeowners would pay an additional $25 per $100,000 of assessed property on their tax bills.