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The Harrisonburg City Councilâs Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget didnât include funding for the continued construction of Harrisonburg High School 2. This was announced at the City Council meeting on April 13, despite the realization of HHS 2 being a precedent in response to severe overcrowding of the cityâs only high school.
Closures of the JMU and EMU campuses, alongside the closing of local businesses ordered by the governor, were cited as negative contributions to the cityâs major revenue sources by Eric Campbell, Harrisonburg city manager. The project was initially approved with funding through a multi-year real estate tax increase, but Campbell said it wasnât in the Harrisonburg communityâs best interest to have this property tax increase during the pandemic.
Springfield Schools looks for needed income tax
Carolynn Mostyn
Suburbanite correspondent
SPRINGFIELD TWP. – After voters of the Springfield Local School District defeated a 7.7-mill operating levy both in August and November of 2020, the Board of Education had to come up with a different plan to bring in needed funds.
That plan, instead of a levy, is to place a 0.75-percent school income tax levy of 0.75 percent on the May 4 ballot.
If passed, the 0.75 percent school income tax would result in a tax of $7.50 per $1,000 in income. Those on social security benefits; disability and survivor benefits; railroad retirement benefits; welfare benefits; child support; property received as a gift, bequest, or inheritance; and workers’ compensation benefits would not be taxed. Senior citizens 65 years and older would receive a $50 income tax credit.
By Bob Bong
School districts throughout the southwest suburbs stand to gain millions of dollars from the COVID relief packages passed in response to the pandemic.
Local school districts from Orland Park to Evergreen Park, which already received one batch of COVID relief bucks last year, are set to receive more than $78 million from two additional funding packages to help address the many challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, state Sen. Bill Cunningham announced earlier this month.
“I’ve been so impressed by how well our students, teachers, and other school staff have navigated the difficulties of the pandemic,” said Cunningham, a Democrat who represents portions of Chicago and the southwest suburbs. “As we continue our recovery, this funding will give our schools more resources to help their students get on track and return to full-time, in-person learning.”
Four northwest Minnesota superintendents talk school, COVID-19 issues with the state s senior U.S. Senator. Written By: Lance Bagstad | ×
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (DFL-Minn.)
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (DFL-Minn.) had a conference call on Wednesday, March 31 with a group of northwestern Minnesota school superintendents.
The discussion focused on the American Rescue Plan, an economic stimulus bill recently passed in Congress and signed by Pres. Joe Biden, and other ways the federal government could help rural Minnesota schools recover from the educational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participating in the discussion were superintendents Lance Bagstad of Park Rapids Area Schools, Mike Kolness with East Grand Forks Public Schools, Chris Mills with the Stephen-Argyle Central School District in Marshall County and Larry Guggisberg with the Greenbush-Middle River School District in Roseau and Marshall counties.