The Oklahoma Senate will soon consider a bill to cut local revenue for public schools, sheriffs departments, emergency management services, and career techs. This revenue stays local and never goes to the state.
Rural counties will be most impacted in the long term: Schools closures, inadequately staffed emergency services, and overburdened sheriffs departments with limited capacity.
Senate Joint Resolution 39 (SJR 39) severely restricts future revenue growth from property taxes. This means less revenue for local services across the board, permanently. This will be the largest cut to public education and career techs in recent history.
SJR 39 doesn't help, it hurts Oklahoma communities:
- It won't lower your property tax bill; it might even make property taxes more expensive due to changes in bond costs for local projects.
- It places more financial burden on new homeowners entering the market.
SJR 39 will degrade services as funding for critical services won't keep up with inflation. All the while, the true driver of sky-rocketing housing costs — home insurance costs — remains unaddressed by lawmakers.
Click the button below to contact your Senator now and them to vote NO on SJR 39.
