The Chattooga County Board of Education met in a called meeting on Thursday morning at the Chattooga Education Center to set the millage rate for property taxes.  The board voted unanimously to roll back the millage rate.  The rate will be 10.597.  Both the Board of Education and Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry had announced their intentions earlier this year to roll back the millage rate. A tax rate of one mill represents a tax liability of one dollar per $1,000 of assessed value. According to the Georgia Department of Revenue, the average millage rate assessed by local governments across the state is 30 mills.  In 2023, Chattooga County had the fourth lowest property tax rate in the state with only Appling, Stewart and Quitman Counties being lower. Fulton County has the highest.