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School board occupational tax hike bill bill advances

The bill limits school tax increases without voter approval to counties with populations over 500,000, currently only Jefferson County, ensuring tax stability in smaller counties.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Legislation that would block increasing local occupational taxes by school boards without a vote of the people in most Kentucky counties has advanced, after receiving approval by the Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, R-Lexington, was filed in response to what she termed widespread public frustration following last year’s procedurally flawed attempt by the Fayette County Board of Educat…

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The Advocate-Messenger broke the news in on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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