07-16-2020, 11:06 AM
(07-16-2020, 10:23 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Let me ask this. Would you allow communities to vote on a levy that increases funding for their school? What i mean is, say the state takes over funding of schools and allocates money per student equally across the state. Could people vote themselves higher taxes to pay teachers more or what have you?
They could vote to pay higher taxes but it would go to the entire state instead of just their district.
The entire concept of taxes used for school funding would have to be re-worked for the State to take over full control.
Currently on average staes pay about 40%, local property taxes pay about 40% and the Federal government pays 10%. But the numbers vary greatly from state to state. For example in Hawaii the state pays over 80%, but in some states the state pays less than 20%.
