Champaign school board to be updated on sales-tax proposal

CHAMPAIGN – If county voters approve the creation of 1 percent sales tax in November to be used for school building needs, the Champaign school district said it will use its share of the money to lower property taxes.

But the question school board President Dave Tomlinson gets all too often is, how do we know you're going to do that?

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