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School SPLOST referendum takes shape for Nov. 7
Technology, playground equipment, gyms to get attention
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The Board of Education hasn’t voted on a resolution yet, but an ESPLOST committee has been meeting since December, evaluating projects for a Nov. 7 referendum that would extend Bulloch County’s 1 percent sales tax for school facilities and equipment another five years. The current Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax runs through 2018, but the idea is to seek voter approval a year in advance to renew the tax from Jan. 1, 2019 through 2023. In those five years, the ESPLOST is expected to net more than $50 million.
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