Tax asking drops by $161K for Aurora’s school budget

by Kurt Johnson

The Aurora School Board approved a budget Monday featuring a lower tax levy and reduced tax asking for the coming fiscal year, with Supt. Jody Phillips noting that when the property tax credit component is factored in local taxpayers will be paying about the same level of taxes for the school district budget as they did 15 years ago. By unanimous vote, the board approved a $26.36 mi…