Aroca County' s public schools are supported primarily by taxes on property  The county plans to eliminate the property tax and support schools with a new three percent sales tax on all retail items sold in the county
Three percent of current retail sales is less than the amount collected through property taxes, but implementation of the plan would not necessarily reduce the amount of money going to Aroca County public schools, because
a shopping mall likely to draw shoppers from neighboring counties , which have much higher sales-tax rates, is about to open in Aroca county