Hillsborough needs new tax to solve teacher shortages, superintendent says
Two years after voters narrowly defeated a special property tax for schools, district officials want to try again with a ballot measure in November.
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Two years after voters narrowly defeated a special property tax for schools, district officials want to try again with a ballot measure in November.
Hillsborough County School Superintendent Van Ayres made his case Tuesday for a special property tax that he said would cost the typical homeowner about a dollar a day and give $6,000 raises to teachers and administrators. The tax, he said, would make salaries competitive with most large Florida school districts, which already levy it. He said he would not ask the public for more money if the ...
Hear from incumbent Nadia Combs and challenger Julie Magill. And from incumbent Jessica Vaughn and challenger Angela Pimento Fullwood.
The two candidates who have raised the most money did not attend.
Candidates for the Hillsborough County School Board race spoke in Ybor City Friday during a political forum.