Intent to opt out of homestead exemption House Bill 581

The Jones County School System Board of Education would like to announce that it plans to opt out of the homestead exemption offered by House Bill 581 (HB 581).HB 581, passed by the Georgia General Assembly in 2024, introduces a floating statewide homestead exemption that limits increase in taxable home values to the prior year’s inflation rate. State legislation provides school distri...