The Newton County Board of Education has tentatively adopted an M&O millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 6.13 percent. All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax increase to be held in the Newton County Board of Education Administrative Offices, located at 2109 Newton Drive, Covington, Georgia 30014 on August 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase will be on August 12, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the Newton County Board of Education Administrative Offices, located at 2109 Newton Drive, Covington, Georgia 30014.
This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 15.750 mills, an increase of .910 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 14.840 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $325,000 is approximately $114.66 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $109.20.