2007 House Bill 5269

Give low taxable value school districts debt millage subsidy

Introduced in the House

Sept. 27, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Coleman Young (D-4)

To require the state to provide a debt millage subsidy to school districts (like Detroit’s) that have low property tax values relative to the number of students (and thus get less money per mill of property taxes levied for school infrastructure projects than the state average). The bill would appropriate however much is necessary to bring all such districts up to the state average (meaning that districts which borrow more would also get more from the state).

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations