FCPS Budget Solutions Work Group begins meeting this week
Fayette County Public Schools’s (FCPS) new Budget Solutions Work Group will begin their work this week to review and make recommendations to address FCPS’s budget gap.
FCPS decides not to increase occupational tax for now, will create a community budget workgroup
After an official opinion from Kentucky Attorney General (AG) Russell Coleman stating that Fayette County Public School’s Occupational License Tax (OLT) increase was unlawful because they did not meet state-mandated public notice requirements was published last week, the FCPS Board of Education has decided not to increase the tax.
What to know about FCPS’s proposed tax change
Last Tuesday, the Fayette County School Board (FCPS) voted to increase its Occupational License Tax (OLT) from 0.5% to 0.75%. This Thursday, the Fayette County Fiscal Court is expected to formally adopt the increase.