Oakland Co. voters to decide on enhancement millage for schools in August
Oakland County voters will decide in August on a proposed "enhancement millage" to generate additional money for public schools across the county.
The Oakland Schools Board of Education voted 3-1 on Tuesday to place the 1.5 mill ask on the Aug. 4 ballot, after enough school boards in the county representing a majority of the student population passed resolutions to endorse putting the measure before voters. Board member Carol Finkelstein was the dissenting vote.
Residents will be asked to approve or reject an additional 1.5 mills for a six-year period, starting this year and ending in 2031. The millage would be on top of whatever mills each individual district has on the books or any other proposed millages on an upcoming ballot.
The hike would generate $125 million more annually for schools across Oakland County, Michigan's wealthiest county, for an average of $728 per student the first year, and $782 a student the next five years. Every local school district and eligible public school academy would receive that amount multiplied by the number of students it has.
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