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How sales tax change could help Gainesville, Hall school systems
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The Gainesville Board of Education at an Oct. 15, 2018, meeting discusses Amendment 5, which appears on the Nov. 6 ballot and would change rules regarding education special purpose local option sales taxes. - photo by Joshua Silavent
Officials with Gainesville City Schools are throwing their support behind a referendum on this year’s ballot that would allow Hall County Schools, the largest school district of three in the area, to alone call for a vote on a one penny sales tax to support public education.