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School Tax Issues |
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Issues with Our School System and School Taxes
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Tax Going Up Above Inflation Rate |
Fed/State Unfunded Mandates |
Inequitable Tax Burden |
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Law/Union Protected Tenure/Benefits |
Quality of Education Going Down |
Inequitable Salary Scale |
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Laws Escalating Cost of Education |
Expensive Entitlement Programs |
Inequitable School Aid |
Approximately A School Budget is 75% for Salary & Benefits and 25% for Others Including Unfunded Mandates
Per Pupil Spending in New York State Ranging $8000 to $45,000 among All School Districts
Constitutional Guaranteed Pension Requires No Teachers' Contribution after A few Years
Unfunded Mandate (UM) Versus Major Cost (MC) Increase for Education
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UM: New Teacher Mentor ~ 0.015% of $100M School Budget, exclude $50M Capital
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UM: Automatic Defibrillators ~ 0.016% of school Budget ( $16K)
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UM: SAVE, Finger Printing Etc ~ 0.0054% .................. ( $5.4K)
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UM: Auditing Requirement ~ 0.026% ........................... ( $26K)
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UM: No Child Left Behind ~ 1.46% *Rough Guess......( $1.46M)
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UM: Transportation to Private School ~ 0.99% ............. ( $990K)
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MC&UM: Special Needs Unreimbursed by IDEA ~12% ( $12M)
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MC: Pension Guaranteed by Law ~ 3.51% ....................( $3.51M)
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MC: Healthcare Premium, ~$4900/family, ~ 2.9% ........( $2.9M)
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MC: Wick's Law Impact ~ 20% Construction Cost (Capital)....($10M)
Messages for Citizens and Legislators
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Focus on the Big Ticket, Wick's Law, Pension Reform, Healthcare & Special Needs
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Explore Equitable Tax System To Support Public Schools (Property Tax Replaceable?)