New property tax legislation burdens Montana's schools

New property tax legislation burdens Montana's schools

At school board meetings across Montana, one thing is clear: Montanans cherish their local schools. It takes a ton of love, care, and nurturing to keep the schools operating and serving kids. But the state's new property tax law derived from HB231 and SB542 threatens the stable funding these very schools depend on. The legislation abandons Reagan's 1986 principle that tax systems should...