Votes in 3 county school districts set tax rates

Voters in three Pulaski County school districts set school tax rates as part of Tuesday's school elections.

The tax rate in the Little Rock School District will remain at 46.4 mills.

Complete but unofficial results showed:

For 162

Against 103

Complete but unofficial results showed:

In North Little Rock, the rate will continue to be 48.3 mills.

For 22

Against 20

And in the Pulaski County Special School District, the rate will continue to be 40.7 mills.

Unofficial results showed:

For 94

Against 88

There were no proposed changes to the school tax rates.

But school districts are required under Article 14, Section 3, of the Arkansas Constitution to include their tax rates on the ballots in school elections.

If no change in a tax rate is proposed, then districts ask voters to cast ballots on a district's current tax rate. In that case, no matter what voters decide, the millage rate will remain at the level last approved by voters.

Although the vote tally does not change the tax rates this year, votes on the tax rates are sometimes viewed as a gauge of public support or dissatisfaction with a school system.

The Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District held its annual school board election and tax vote in May.

Metro on 11/06/2019

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