Why Should Delaware Care?New Castle County homeowners can expect smaller tax bills this year now that school boards approved new split rate structures for residential and commercial properties. Following public outcry, state lawmakers approved legislation in a special session last week allowing northern school districts to offer that relief.
A week after state lawmakers allowed the public school districts in New Castle County to split their property tax rates to provide additional relief to homeowners, each has done so.
However, three of the five also chose to retain the extra revenue that they raised through a unilateral tax increase that was possible due to a decades-old quirk around reassessment…