In the midst of a massive shortage of classroom teachers, the board of Nassau County District Schools is set to discuss a resolution to increase the county’s property tax rate to make teacher pay more competitive.
The resolution, which is on the agenda for Thursday night’s board meeting, would ask voters in the Nov. 8 election to increase the county’s millage rate by one mill, which is equivalent to a $1 increase for every $1,000 of assessed property value.
A similar resolution was recently approved in Duval County. The Duval County School Board, and later, the Jacksonville City Council, greenlit the measure to be placed on the August ballot.
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