Income tax renewal on May ballot for Springfield school district

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Springfield Board of Education is asking residents to renew the current one percent income tax levy.

At a special meeting today, the school board agreed to place the renewal request on the May primary ballot.

Essentially, the five-year levy taxes incomes of all district residents. Due to expire at the end of the year, it generates $1.4 million annually and represents about 25 percent of the district’s general operating budget, school officials explained.

The district has opted to rely on the income tax rather than increasing real estate taxes, explained district Treasurer Edward Sobnosky.

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