Sentences with phrase «property tax dollars»

They insisted that local property tax dollars should not follow students to a state charter school; those dollars should remain with the traditional school district.

One of the largest recipients of property tax dollars are local schools.

The fact that school districts can continue to use their dependence on property tax dollars to oppose reforms — especially school choice and Parent Power — is one reason.

It also maintains up to date real property tax maps and assessment data and to maximize the collection of real property tax dollars.

«For every dollar that would go out in voucher program I would have to cut that exact amount out of the Pardeeville budget, which would impact students, plus increase property taxes dollar for dollar,» Knitt said.

SmartAsset's interactive map highlights the places across the country where property tax dollars are being spent most effectively.

Several residents said they favored a new pool, though they hoped at least a large portion of the project could be paid without property tax dollars.

The single largest recipient of property tax dollars in Douglas County are local school districts, including the Omaha Public School District.

But as Contributing Editor Michael Holzman points out, continuing to derive school funding from property tax dollars contributes to the ineffectiveness of American public education.

«We can reduce the county tax levy by a corresponding amount and directly return property tax dollars to the citizens who pay the taxes.

The state initiative calls upon the County Executive to come up with a plan to save property tax dollars by having municipalities and taxing districts share and centralize services.

Nine specific unfunded state mandates account for approximately 90 % of our county property tax dollars, with Medicaid alone accounting for roughly 65 %.

The fact that the Snyder plan still doesn't appear to end give the state full responsibility for education funding — or wean districts off their dependence on property tax dollars — also means that districts can still find ways to restrict choice if the stubborn or creative enough to do so.

Many — especially school choice activists and Parent Power advocates fighting Pennsylvania's Zip Code Education laws — can rightfully argue that the state should take over full funding of education and the reliance on local property tax dollars.

One of the largest recipients of those property tax dollars is public education.

He said that property owners in the Addison Park District pay less than 6 percent of every property tax dollar to fund recreational programs and park facilities.

If they are going to borrow money from us, then the State should pay interest on these property tax dollars.»

The $ 1.5 M Land Bank subsidy provided through local property tax dollars was not intended to be permanent.

Miner said the city will collect no property tax dollars on the ongoing Carousel Center expansion or the original mall for 30 years.

«It has been completed in substantial part, ahead of schedule, below budget, without using any property tax dollars, or sales tax dollars.

Charter schools, though public, only get money from the state, meaning they do not receive local property tax dollars.

Last spring opponents in the General Assembly insisted no local property tax dollars should be allowed to fund new state - approved charter schools.

Proponents built their position around an explanation about the relationship between local property tax dollars and per pupil state funding.

With that, we put together this video to explain (again) how schools» budgets use your property tax dollars.

That's because, unlike their wealthier counterparts, they have a harder time making up the difference with local property tax dollars.

This shows us the counties in the country where people are getting the most bang for their buck, or where their property tax dollars are going the furthest.

Our study aims to find the places in the United States where people are getting the most for their property tax dollars.