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Presentation: Financing Education. Financing Education. How Iowa’s Taxpayers Pay for Public Education. The Iowa State Budget (Receipts). The Iowa State Budget (Expenditures). Iowa Department of Education (Funding Sources Comparison). Where Does the Money Come From?.
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Financing Education How Iowa’s Taxpayers Pay for Public Education
Property Taxes • Property taxes are assessed against the “adjusted-equalized value” of real property expressed per $1,000 in valuations. • For a $100,000 home in Davenport, the initial school tax will be $850.74 • $296.20 is assessed as a base-line • $554.54 is assessed to complete funding of the district’s educational budget (last 12.5%)
Iowa Income Tax • Tax on estimated income of $50,000:$50,000 x .05 = $ 2,500 • Income Tax used for Education:[.42 (Tax) x .57 (SFA) = 24%]$2,500 x .24 = $ 600 • 7th Cent Sales Tax on estimatedexpendable income:$25,000 x .01 = $ 250
Insidious Taxes • Determining the actual cost of education is not possible without a detailed accounting for all monies involved. • EDUC tax on gas heat $ ??.?? • EDUC tax on gasoline $ ??.?? • Tax Incremental Financing $ ??.??[TIF] • What else? $ ??.??
Iowa Education TaxesBased on a projected income of $50,000& $100,000 property valuation • Property Tax $ 850.74 • Community College Tax(assessed on $100,000 property valuation) 33.08 • Personal Income Tax 600.00 • 7th Cent Sales Tax 250.00 • Insidious Taxes ???.?? • Total $ 1733.82
The Cost to You • The average Iowa household pays $1,733.82 for education based on: • Projected household income of $50,000 • Personal property valuation of $100,000 • When you become a property-owning taxpayer, you will owe a similar amount each year. (Ask me about taxation surcharges to renters.) • Are you mad yet?
Per Pupil Expenditure (1998-1999) • National Average $ 6,232 • State of Iowa - 5,583 • Difference $ 649 • Cost per household$5,583 x 2.3 = $ 12,841
The Bottom Line • Cost per household $ 12,841 • Household contribution - 1,734 • Deficit per household $ 11,107 • Who pays the difference?
Who Pays the Difference? • I do. • Everyone who owns a home and does not have children in public school: • the Elderly (your grandparents) • “Empty Nesters” (your parents) • single persons (your brothers & sisters) • childless couples (people that you know) • Agriculture assessed at 1.7 x residential rate • Business assessed at 1.8 x residential rate
What Does the Future Hold? • Initially, more people will be paying for fewer students, reducing the average cost. • If you do not like the methods that the State of Iowa uses to pay for public education, it may not matter. Why? • In the future, there may not be anyone left to pay for public education, and the State of Iowa will have to find other methods.
Iowa’s Impending Future • Iowa is facing a 3.2% shortfall in revenue at a minimum. Why? • Proposed changes to State Foundation Aid • reduces mandated $5.40 assessment of taxable valuation by half • eliminates local option sales taxes • What would be the result?
Good news about our public schools. (2001, January) National education association.http://www.nea.org/publiced/goodnews/ Obradovich, K. (2001, March 14). Panel OKs sales tax for schools.Quad-City Times. p. A1. Scott County, Iowa. (2000). Scott county tax levies. Pamphlet. State of Iowa. (2000). Annual condition of education report (FY 1999). Retrieved February 22, 2001 from the World Wide Web:http://www.state.ia.us/educate/publications/finance.pdf State of Iowa. (2000). Citizens report. Retrieved February 22, 2001 from the World Wide Web:http://www.state.ia.us/governor/agenda/2000/CITIZENS/REPORT.pdf Sate of Iowa. (1999). Final Report of the task force to study Iowa's system of state and local taxation. Retrieved March 7, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Interim/1998/ comminfo/iatax/final.htm State of Iowa. (2000). House file 1. Retrieved March 6, 2001 from the World Wide Web:http://www.state.ia.us/government/drf/taxlaw/HF1.html References
References (Cont.) State of Iowa. (2000). Legislative guide to basic Iowa education finance. Retrieved March 9, 2001 from World Wide Web:http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Central/LSB/Guides/edfin.htm State of Iowa. (2001, February). Monthly Revenue Report. Retrieved April 20, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.state.ia.us/government/dom/01-02.doc State of Iowa. (1997). Task force to study Iowa's system of state and local taxation. Retrieved March 9, 2001 from World Wide Web: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Interim/1997/comminfo/iatax/ mn971008.htm State of Iowa. (2000). Tax incremental financing (TIF). Retrieved March 9, 2001 from the World Wide Web:http://www.smart.state.ia.us/financial.htm#tif Teacher's salary. (2001, January 16). American association for employment in education. Retrieved March 6, 2001 from World Wide Web:http://www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/aaee/salary.shtml