I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how funding for schools works.
The school says to the city, “I need more money because properties are getting more expensive here” and the city bills the residents? Where does federal funding come in? Why do the residents pay for this?
It is highly dependent on local, state, and federal funding sources, usually in that order. Property taxes are usually where most of the money comes from in most places, but that is not universally true. For example, in Colorado property taxes are not as much of a direct source of funding for schools as they are in other places. So despite having some of the most expensive property values in the country, Colorado has some of the worst funded schools and worst paid teachers in the country as well.
I live in one of the highest property value areas anywhere in the entire country, and the local district’s primary source of funding is municipal sales taxes. It’s truly absurd.
At the state level, many states use lottery money from any given area to supplement other funding. Which sounds great on its face, but the reality is that the lotto is effectively a regressive tax of sorts. Areas that have high property values save money from lotto contributions. Areas with low property values tend to have more people playing the lotto, but that money is rarely enough to make up for a lack of funding. What most people dont understand about those programs is that they dont take the lotto money from rich areas (or pool it) and provide it to poorer area schools that need it more. The money is geographically limited to the areas it comes in from
I live in one of the highest property value areas anywhere in the entire country, and the local district’s primary source of funding is municipal sales taxes. It’s truly absurd.
Federal funding is just a drop in the bucket compart to local and state taxes that support public schools. 30 billion from the Fed to 13000 districts would be only 2 mil before accounting for federal staff to audit and distribute. And for a school 2 mill is only about 10-25 staff depending on district.
How does a school property tax increase just happen without it being voted on and passed by the community?
This is a case of FAFO: the school system took on huge liability (in payment of the judgement) and the school system is funded by property taxes.
I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how funding for schools works.
The school says to the city, “I need more money because properties are getting more expensive here” and the city bills the residents? Where does federal funding come in? Why do the residents pay for this?
It is highly dependent on local, state, and federal funding sources, usually in that order. Property taxes are usually where most of the money comes from in most places, but that is not universally true. For example, in Colorado property taxes are not as much of a direct source of funding for schools as they are in other places. So despite having some of the most expensive property values in the country, Colorado has some of the worst funded schools and worst paid teachers in the country as well.
I live in one of the highest property value areas anywhere in the entire country, and the local district’s primary source of funding is municipal sales taxes. It’s truly absurd.
At the state level, many states use lottery money from any given area to supplement other funding. Which sounds great on its face, but the reality is that the lotto is effectively a regressive tax of sorts. Areas that have high property values save money from lotto contributions. Areas with low property values tend to have more people playing the lotto, but that money is rarely enough to make up for a lack of funding. What most people dont understand about those programs is that they dont take the lotto money from rich areas (or pool it) and provide it to poorer area schools that need it more. The money is geographically limited to the areas it comes in from
Why is this absurd?
Federal funding is just a drop in the bucket compart to local and state taxes that support public schools. 30 billion from the Fed to 13000 districts would be only 2 mil before accounting for federal staff to audit and distribute. And for a school 2 mill is only about 10-25 staff depending on district.
is “30 billion from the fed” the amount they are currently getting? and is it every year?
what is that compared to? ie. how much does a school get from local residents?