Across Virginia, dozens of localities are asking voters to approve an additional 1% sales tax to finance public school construction and renovations. The proposals come as communities confront aging school buildings, costly infrastructure improvements and difficult decisions about how to pay for them. WMRA’s Anjoleigh Schindler reports.
Voters in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson, Orange and Waynesboro are among the 47 municipalities considering the additional tax at the polls.
The referendums follow a change in Virginia law this summer that expanded the authority to propose such taxes to localities across the Commonwealth…