Millage on ballot for Farmington Public Schools voters

FARMINGTON/FARMINGTON HILLS — Voters in the Farmington Public Schools district have an operating millage renewal proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot.

“It will help to continue running our operations, which is obviously running our schools, paying our staff, and any of the support services throughout the district,” said Jennifer Kaminski, assistant superintendent for business services at Farmington Public Schools.

The operating millage was created when Proposal A went into effect 30 years ago. Proposal A significantly reduced property taxes and created a foundation allowance for schools. However, this meant that more affluent districts, such as Farmington, would have to function with a greatly reduced budget. Therefore, the state chose to hold those districts harmless and allowed them to ask residential taxpayers to continue to provide the schools with additional funds via the operating millage. The amount they can collect per pupil was determined by the residential taxpayers as well.

“It was the state’s attempt to more equitably fund all districts throughout the state,” said Kaminski.



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