This article is part of the 2025 General Election Voters' Guide produced in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area.
Issue 52: Cuyahoga Falls City School District – Proposed tax levy (renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Cuyahoga Falls City School District for the purpose of current expenses that the county fiscal officer estimates will collect $7,375,417 annually, at a rate not exceeding 9.97 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $191 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer’s appraised value, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027.
Issue 53: Tallmadge City School District – Proposed tax levy (renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Tallmadge City School District for the purpose of current expenses that the county fiscal officer estimates will collect $3,021,622 annually, at a rate not exceeding 7.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $133 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer’s appraised value, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027.
Issue 54: Tallmadge City School District – Proposed tax levy (additional)
An additional tax for the benefit of the Tallmadge City School District for the purpose of current expenses that the county fiscal officer estimates will collect $3,777,486 annually, at a rate not exceeding 5.7 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $200 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer’s appraised value, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2025, first due in calendar year 2026.
Issue 55: Springfield Local School District – Proposed tax levy (renewal)
Shall a levy renewing an existing levy be imposed by the Springfield Local School District for the purpose of providing for the emergency requirements of the school district in the sum of $1,500,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county fiscal officer to average 2.57 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $79 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer’s appraised value for a period of 5 years, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027?
Issue 56: Springfield Local School District – Proposed tax levy (renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Springfield Local School District for the purpose of general permanent improvements that the county fiscal officer estimates will collect $302,430 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.8 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $12 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer’s appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027.
Issue 57: Jackson Local School District – Proposed tax levy (substitute)
Shall a tax levy substituting for an existing levy be imposed by the Jackson Local School District for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the school district in the initial sum of $9,290,700, and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to require 3.9 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $119 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s appraised value for the initial year of the tax, for a period of 10 years, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027, with the sum of such tax to increase only if and as new land or real property improvements not previously taxed by the school district are added to its tax list?
