2 Percent School Tax Levy Hike in BOE Budget
Madison Board of Education officials expect to maintain staff and programs.
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The Madison Board of Education introduced a proposed 2013-2014 school district budget Tuesday night that calls for a 2 percent increase to the school tax levy.
Officials said they expect to be able to keep current staffing levels and programs, and that a more detailed presentation on the budget is expected to be prepared for upcoming meetings.
A town hall discussion on the budget is planned for March 19 in the Madison High School library and a public hearing and final vote on the budget is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27. The next regular Board of Education meeting is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
During the meeting, Madison resident Steve Wells and Board of Education President Lisa Ellis decried how the state funds school districts. Madison saw a $1 increase in state aid this year, accompanied by a $23,000 decrease in debt service aid from the state, while other districts saw six-figure increases.
The Good Guy
8:44 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
So let's see. I just received the tax assessment apprasial on my house and it's a 71% increase in value since the last assessment, although there have been no home improvements since the last assessment in 1998.
Now a 2% increase in school taxes, which I don't really mind because someone has to pay for educating the future leaders of America and the people that are going to be running our country and businesses when I'm old.
But, unfortunately, when the tax bill comes, there will probably be a "for sale" sign on my tiny little 3 bedroom ranch since my tax payment will be over 2 times the amount of my mortgage payment and I'll have to move my family of 4 into a one bedroom or studio apartment somewhere far away just so I could afford food.
Something is wrong somewhere, very very wrong.
Aladdin Sarsippius Sulemenagic Jackson III
2:48 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Why is Wells wearing a prison jumpsuit?
Mikey D
7:37 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
No chance of doing more (or the same) with less, huh?
Sorry, for a moment I forgot i was thinking of real people and how we work, not elected officials. My mistake.
mark herman
10:31 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Hey, but good schools attract business..... Pfizer...
Let me see, SVMS $7,000 per year.... Madison public schools for elem. $13,000...
Hmmm......
dave carver
5:47 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Economist Herb Stein famously said that something that can't go on forever, won't. For decades now, America has been putting ever-growing amounts of money into its K-12 education system, while getting steadily poorer results. Now parents are losing faith in public schools, new alternatives are appearing, and change is on the way.
here is a 4 minute video on the challenges the US public school system is facing. Its worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXoubX4wncw