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The School District of Lee County has received $507 million so far from the voter-approved half-cent sales tax and every school has benefited. Money from the s
The School District of Lee County has received $507 million so far from the voter-approved half-cent sales tax and every school has benefited. Money from the s
Steve Shimp, Chair of Lee County’s Independent Sales Surtax Oversight Committee, or ISSOC, recently gave an update on the half penny sales tax that was passed as a referendum in 2018. The half penny sales tax was meant to fund the acquisition, construction, renovation, equipping and financing of public school facilities and technology for ten years.
The voter-approved half cent sales tax for schools for the School District of Lee County has provided more than 3,700 new student seats, a 3 percent-plus increa
Every School District of Lee County school has benefited from the half cent sales tax, district officials said last week. Voters were told the money raised th