Friday, January 25, 2002
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Friday, January 25, 2002 |
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Board supports SPLOST
The Fulton County Commission has approved a resolution supporting the extension of a 1 percent sales tax to help improve Fulton County and Atlanta public schools. The board is urging the county's 10 cities to pass similar legislation. County and city of Atlanta voters will decide in a March 19 referendum whether to extend the five year-old educational-purpose levy, which would otherwise expire this year. Sponsored by Chairman Mike Kenn and Vice Chair Karen Elaine Webster at the Wednesday, January 16, 2002 meeting, the resolution received a unanimous vote. According to the resolution, the extended 1 percent sales tax would raise an estimated $1.2 billion to renovate existing schools and construct new buildings to meet projected growth of student populations in both school systems. Of that total, the Fulton County school system would receive approximately $670 million and the Atlanta school system would receive about $521 million.
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