Gwinnett school board maintains property tax rate

Gwinnett County school board members voted Monday morning to maintain the property tax rate.

The combined rate, technically called the millage rate, will be 21.85 mills. The millage rate is used to determine how much Gwinnett County property owners will pay to help fund operations for school district, which is the largest in the state. One mill is a dollar per each $1,000 of a property’s assessed tax value.

Gwinnett expects to have about 178,000 students when classes start on Aug. 8.

Board members, without dissent, approved the millage rate after the last of three public hearings Monday morning. No residents came to the 8 a.m. meeting to speak about the proposed rate. The prior two hearings were held last month.

Many Gwinnett homeowners may still pay more in property taxes this year due to higher county government assessments of their homes and other property.

Gwinnett officials said they still need to spend more money on maintenance for its schools and its buses. The school board adopted a near $2 billion budget earlier this year.

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