The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has become the latest business orgnization to cast its support behind the Board of Education's sales tax referendum.

The school board is seeking a five-year one penny sales tax that is expected to raise $90 million for school construction. Voters will go to the polls Sept. 21 to decide the issue.

“The chamber feels strongly that the one penny addition to our sales tax is a small, and a fair, tax to pay for capital and intellectual improvements,” said Tate Godfrey, chairman elect of the chamber board.

“This is a quality of life issues. We must protect our children's future and the excellent quality of education we have come to expect in Fayette County,” added Godfrey.