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Why Cuyahoga’s school tax rates stayed unchanged while most Ohio counties updated theirs

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Cuyahoga County’s analysis found it failed to update fixed-sum school levy rates after final 2024 property values arrived, unlike 80 other Ohio counties, contributing to an estimated $28.5 million overcollection.

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  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    How Cuyahoga missed a tax-rate update made by 80 other Ohio counties (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    A Cuyahoga County analysis identifies a missed tax-rate update behind an estimated $28.5 million in excess school tax collections and compares the county's process with practices elsewhere in Ohio.

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    Why Cuyahoga’s school tax rates stayed unchanged while most Ohio counties updated theirs (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Cuyahoga County’s analysis found it failed to update fixed-sum school levy rates after final 2024 property values arrived, unlike 80 other Ohio counties, contributing to an estimated $28.5 million overcollection.

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