JISD Considers Joining School Finance Suit

JACKSONVILLE –The Jacksonville ISD Board of Trustees meets this evening to discuss joining a coalition of more than 150 school districts across Texas that has filed a suit against the state. The coalition, led by the Equity Center in Austin, filed suit Monday, claiming the state’s treatment of taxpayers and school children is not equitable. The board will also discuss approving the goods in transit tax. Essentially, the tax would apply to certain goods transported into town and stored in a public warehouse more than 175 days. Jacksonville currently does not have any such taxable goods, but the passage of the act is required by state law if the city ever wants to tax goods in transit in the future.