{"id":407241,"date":"2026-09-22T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407241\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:40:15","slug":"hillsborough-schools-holding-sales-tax-town-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407241\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough Schools holding sales tax town halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla.\u2014The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillsboroughschools.org\/live-feed#13168194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County School District<\/a> is inviting the public to attend upcoming town hall meetings to learn more about the half-penny sales tax referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The Half-Penny Promise referendum was initially approved in 2018 and is up for renewal on the November ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The money generated from the tax goes toward improvement projects across the district.<\/p>\n<p>According to district officials, since voters approved the tax in 2018, Hillsborough County Schools has invested more than $1.326 billion in school improvements, with more than $716 million awarded to local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Half-Penny Promise has supported major improvements in our schools, and these town halls will give residents a chance to learn more about the program,\u201d said Superintendent Van Ayres. \u201c(And) hear from district leaders, and understand how funds have been invested over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The in-person and virtual meetings are scheduled as follows:<\/p>\n<p>In-Person Town Halls<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Newsome High School<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Gaither High School<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Oct. 1, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Hillsborough High School<\/p>\n<p>Virtual Town Halls<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Sept. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. (Join HCPS Town Hall 9.22.26)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. (Join HCPS Town Hall 10.14.26)<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Half Penny Promise, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillsboroughschools.org\/live-feed#13168194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hillsboroughschools.org\/half-penny-sales-tax-referendum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla.\u2014The Hillsborough County School District is inviting the public to attend upcoming town hall meetings to learn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[274,770,113,276,2287,115,275,135,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-407241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-top-stories","tag-community-news","tag-education","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-local-politics","tag-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}