Denver Public Schools will seek tax hike after record $975M bond package

Eighteen months after promising voters that passing a nearly $1 billion bond would not raise taxes, Denver Public Schools said it will seek a mill levy override.

If approved by voters, the mill levy override is expected to generate $43 million annually, district spokesperson Bill Good said in an email to The Denver Gazette.

DPS already generates more than 25% of its core funding through voter-approved tax overrides — and it is now asking voters to increase property taxes again…

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