On October 21, SDGA held a comprehensive webinar on local tax caps, school district budget caps, town budget caps, and petition warrant articles. During the 2025 legislative session, the General Court passed and the Governor signed several important improvements to the local tax cap and school district budget cap, making them more attractive, and also created the new town budget cap. The differences between a local tax cap and a budget cap were discussed, along with how these powerful tools can be adopted to help drive school boards, selectboards, and budget committees toward prioritization of needs versus wants, leading to more sustainable budgeting and spending, and in turn resulting in more reasonable property taxes. Low taxes are the result of low spending. The webinar also covered petition warrant articles, a valuable tool available to voters. Petition warrant articles can be used to adopt a local tax cap or budget cap, as well as enact many other important provisions to improve governance, fiscal prudence, and transparency in your school districts and towns.
Click here to see the webinar presentation slides.
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