Madison County voters will have a chance to approve a new five-year E-SPLOST in a special referendum to be held on March 21. Superintendent Dr. Allen McCannon told the board of education Tuesday night that the school system will foot the bill for the referendum, which is expected to cost between $5,000 and $6,000. He said the system will use car sales tax funds to pay for it, not taxpayer funds.

McCannon said the “vast majority” of the funds generated from the one cent sales tax, if approved, will be used to pay off the bond on the middle school and to continue to pay on the bond for the new high school.

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