Hillsborough blocks tax to raise teacher pay from this year’s ballot
By a 4-3 vote, county commissioners dashed hopes for schools to compete with surrounding districts through teacher pay. Using an obscure law and arguing that prices are too high for area residents, the Hillsborough County Commission voted 4-3 on Wednesday to keep a schools tax off of the November ballot. In doing so, the Republican-majority […]
Hillsborough Schools superintendent will ‘seek all appropriate legal action’ to get millage referendum on November ballot
In a surprise move this morning, Hillsborough County commissioners moved the initiative to the 2026 midterm. The leader of Hillsborough County’s public school systems is already fighting back after the county board of commissioners made a surprise vote today to push a millage referendum off the November ballot and into 2026. Speaking last Wednesday afternoon […]