Board OKs correction to tax rate


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:07 PM MDT


BISBEE — In a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved a correction in the tax rate for the County Education District.


Mike McGinnis, finance department, said a mistake had been made when the supervisors adopted new tax rates at the Aug. 18 meeting. The 1.6020 rate approved was that of the 2007-08 fiscal year, he said. The rate should have been set at 1.4622 for 2008-09, a 14-cent reduction.

McGinnis said the tax collected paid for transportation to rural schools that are not within a school district. Parents who transport their children to rural schools are able to recoup gas expenses.

County School Superintendent Trudy Berry said in a phone interview that there are many properties across the county that aren’t in a school district, and it is those property owners who pay the County Education District tax as mandated by the state. Parents can turn in vouchers to the school their children attend. Reimbursement is made through Berry’s office.

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