When the state repealed its tax on jet fuel this year, Clayton County Public Schools got hit hard. One-fifth of its budgeted revenue came from the tax.
Delta has stepped in with short-term help, the school district wants to make long-term change.
Superintendent Morcease Beasley revealed this morning in a meeting with reporters that Delta is giving his district about $18 million through 2019. He said the number is contingent upon fuel prices but should end up being a bit more than the district had budgeted from the fuel tax revenue.
The State of Georgia also kicked in about $27 million in grant funding for the county to help offset the loss.
Beyond then? He said there could be more than $100 million in uncollected property taxes from Hartsfield-Jackson. Those are dollars he said his students could use.
