Madison Williams (left) and Alex Beavers, both members of the Fayetteville High School volleyball team, smile Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, as they lead teammates to a bus waiting outside during a pep rally to celebrate the schools volleyball teams departure from the school to take part in the state championship game. Property values are increasing so rapidly almost all of the taxing entities, including the school districts, are having to roll back their millage rates. Schools are more seriously affected than cities or the county because increased property tax revenue causes a reduction in their state funding. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
FAYETTEVILLE -- Increasing property values in Washington County have triggered a provision of the state Constitution that will reduce the property tax rates of the county and most cities and school districts.
