Mercer County School reported on Monday morning that during a meeting, the Mercer County School Board of Education voted to lower the real estate property tax rate for the 2025-26 school year from 71.6 cents to 70.5 cents per $100 of assessed property tax.
Officials reported that a petition committee gathered enough certified signatures to send the rate to a special election that would have reportedly cost the district and taxpayers more than $100,000.
Instead, officials stated that the board chose to lower the rate to avoid election costs and “ensure those funds can continue to support students and classrooms.”…