Gov. Phil Bryant approved a bill Tuesday that creates a single countywide taxing authority and balances debt payments of the former Oktibbeha County School District and the former Starkville School District after the two systems' July 1 merger.
As concurred by both the Miss. House and Senate, HB 572 creates the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District's countywide tax base -- all taxable property within the entire county -- and states both former systems' outstanding debt "shall be ass
Carl Smith covers Starkville and Oktibbeha County for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter @StarkDispatch
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