At its Aug. 15 meeting, the Ohio County School Board approved a tax rate of 47.5 after looking over its options from the state. This means if a property owner has $100,000 worth of property, then they would pay $475 in school tax.Last year the school board set the tax rate at 45.1, which was 2.3 higher than the state's compensating rate plus 4. This put the school board in danger of a recall vote that could have set its tax rate at 42.8, which would have cost the school hundreds of thousands of dollars.This year the school board won't have to worry about a recall vote, but to bring in as much money as they did last year, the tax rate went up. The state recommended three options, a compensating rate of 47.5, a subsection (1) tax rate of 48.5 and a compensating rate plus four of 49.4. If the school board were to accept the subsection (1) tax rate, it could be subject to a recall vote.Schools superintendent Scott Lewis believed that even with a higher tax rate this year, the state was going to have to "help out" the schools with funding.After little to no discussion, board member Karen Boling made a motion to approve the compensating rate of 47.5 as the school tax rate. Board member Jay Raymond seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.Board Member Matt Gilstrap was not present for the meeting.