Millage Rate Hearing (CCS-TV YouTube Video) – July 28, 2026 CCBoE Millage Rate Presentation – July 28, 2026 The Coweta County Board of Education voted Tuesday, August 4, to maintain Coweta’s 2026 local Maintenance and Operations property tax millage rate at 15.00 mills, and O mills of bond debt service millage. That is the same rate as 2025, following several years of millage rate decreases by the school board to the local property tax rate, and coincides with a significant increase this year to the local school property tax homestead exemption for senior citizens aged 65 and older. Tuesday’s vote followed three public hearings for the intent of maintaining the school system’s 2026 property tax rate at 15.00 mills, held at the Coweta County Board of Education Office, at 167 Werz Industrial Boulevard in Newnan, on July 28, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. and on August 4, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.. The local millage rate is the rate applied to local property taxes, which provides the school system with approximately half of its funding for maintenance and operations of the school system. The Board of Education has reduced local school system millage rates in five of the past seven years, including last year, when it reduced the school maintenance and operation (M&O) tax rate by .41 mills, from 15.41 to 15.00 mills. The board’s property tax millage for bond debt sits at 0.00 mills, since the school system operates without capital project debt. In addition to lowering property tax…
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