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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Georgia school district considers property tax hike to pay for school officers after shooting

Georgia High School Shooting - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Officials in the Georgia school district where four people were killed in a September shooting at Apalachee High School are considering a property tax increase to pay for school-based police officers.

Barrow County Superintendent Dallas LeDuff told school board members Tuesday that the tax increase would be necessary because county government has informed the school district that it will no longer pay for sheriff's deputies, local news outlets reported.

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