Sentences with phrase «local governments and school districts»

Nevertheless, tax cap supporters want to make the measure a permanent one for local governments and school districts.

He also successfully pushed for a 2 percent tax cap on local governments and school districts, which was heavily pushed by business groups and lobbyists.

Local government and school district officials have been pushing for changes to make it easier to budget within the cap, though that is unlikely to occur this legislative session.

The state would also help local governments and school districts set up their own charitable funds.

Each county will have a panel of representatives from local governments and school districts.

Local governments and school districts DO depend on property taxes for their budgets.

Local governments and school districts already struggling to stay under the state property tax cap will have an even tougher time when they develop 2016 budgets.

That will force local governments and school districts to face tough choices between raising taxes and cutting jobs or services.

Only five people came to the podium to discuss a preliminary document that includes dozens of suggestions for sharing services among local governments and school districts.

Personal property taxes are the most important revenue source for local governments and school districts, as well as other special interest and finance divisions.

Even without the loss of state aid this year, property tax pressure from local governments and school districts will be intense.

Local governments and school districts do not have the luxury of deficit spending.

«Making our communities more affordable and preventing the insolvency of local governments and school districts needs to be our top priority.

Flanagan's measure limits annual growth of property taxes levied by local governments and school districts to two percent or the rate of inflation - whichever is less.

The balance would come out of the coffers of other local governments and school districts.

Unlike the gimmicks that preceded it, such as the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) program, the cap has slowed the growth of local property taxes across the board, putting a speed limit of sorts on local government and school district spending.

As local governments and school districts here in New York now deal with a tight 2 percent cap on property tax levies, it will be interesting to see how municipalities turn to revenue raisers to fund complex projects.

• State policy makers track trends on the condition of children in Rhode Island cities and towns • Nonprofits, community organizations, and state agencies use the information for grant applications to bring resources to Rhode Island to improve children's lives • Local government and school district leaders use the information to plan education and outreach programs and to allocate resources

They also imposed a property tax cap that is causing fiscal chaos in local government and school district budgets.

[I'd like him to succeed as well but his budget, like so many others, is largely based on screwing local governments and school districts.]

To live within the cap without disrupting public services, local governments and school districts need greater flexibility to restrain automatic pay increases and to restructure the most costly aspects of their collective bargaining agreements.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

The rebate program was part of the 2014 - 15 state budget agreement that spreads nearly $ 1 billion in relief over the next two years providing that local governments and school districts budget within the state's cap on property - tax increases.

Walker has repeatedly rejected both offers, saying local governments and school districts can't be hamstrung by the often lengthy collective bargaining process and need to have more flexibility to deal with as much as $ 1 billion in cuts he will propose in his budget and into the future.

In 2012, the first year local governments and school districts were required to adhered to the cap approved in June 2011, 15 counties overrode the limit.

At an annual cost of $ 410 million, the Family Tax Relief Rebate provides $ 350 to households with children under age 17 and annual income between $ 40,000 and $ 300,000; the Property Tax Freeze Rebate provides an amount equal to the annual increase in property taxes to homeowners earning less than $ 500,000 in tax cap - compliant local governments and school districts and costs $ 783 million annually.

Governor Cuomo Establishes Team To Cut Unfunded Mandates Imposed On Local Governments And School Districts Wednesday January 05, 2011 at 03:02 pm

Aside from controlling costs, the cap is a useful political tool when Cuomo touts the cap on local property tax increases, even if it is an apples and oranges comparison: If the state can stay within the bounds of a 2 percent increase in spending, then local governments and school districts should be able to do the same when it comes to the amount they collect in taxes.

The framework includes a four - year extension for rent control as well as the state's cap on property tax increases, which will include changes that fall short of what local governments and school districts had wanted.

He said the state should also enact a single payer health care plan that would eliminate the counties» contribution to the Medicaid program as well as the private health insurance bills that local governments and school districts now pay for their employees.

Hawkins urged lawmakers to not extend Cuomo's 2 % property tax cap program, which he said does not relieve the fiscal crises faced by many local governments and school districts across the state.

«I think the most important thing is finally holding local governments and school districts accountable,» said Sen. Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, an early supporter of the tax cap.

But for those who are on either side of the tax cap issue, now is the time to make the case for permanency or tweaks that will help local governments and school districts raise revenue.

Outside of New York City alone, local governments and school districts received $ 4.7 billion in direct federal aid.

The amount local governments and school districts have collected in property taxes has slowed over the last decade, from a peak increase of 7.7 percent in 2003 to a 2 percent jump at the conclusion of the 2013 fiscal year.

Hein says a recent change to state law gives local governments and school districts the option to permanently continue the Cold War Veterans Real Property Tax Exemption which previously had to be renewed at the local level every two years.

Local governments and school districts report their expenditure, tax and debt data in annual reports compiled by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), which in turn posts the data on the internet.

Early next year, newly inaugurated Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have to set forth an austere budget, cutting more than $ 10 billion from projected state spending — cuts that will send shock waves through local governments and school districts, themselves reeling from declining revenue and recession - related spending demands.

To help those bodies, Republicans pushed for concessions that they say will help local governments and school districts deal with the tax cap.

Meanwhile, elected officials who represent local governments and school districts that will be affected by the Indian Points closure continue to ask Albany for financial assistance.

Once the monitoring system has identified local governments and school districts experiencing fiscal stress, an array of services will be offered by DiNapoli's office.

However, these upgrades could make it more economically feasible for the County to begin borrowing under its own authority once again like all other local governments and school districts including the City of Buffalo (which has a rating of A + one step below Erie County's new rating).

The next largest categories of exemptions are for local government and school district exemptions ($ 103.6 billion, 23 percent of all exemptions); non-profit organizations such as hospitals, education institutions and churches ($ 66.1 billion, 14 percent); and state - owned property ($ 44.8 billion, 10 percent).

Zac Morford has spent the past 20 years assisting local governments and school districts from Serbia to Washington, D.C., in using data to improve the outcomes of citizens and students.

Dean frequently posts to The Blue Ink Employment blog and Local Governments and School Districts blog.

Several national organizations and youth - led campaigns adopted the demands into campaigns pressuring local governments and school districts to end over-policing in schools.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.