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Impact Aid keeps military‑connected districts solvent; officials warn cuts would be catastrophic
Summary
Superintendents and the state chair of federally impacted schools explained how Impact Aid replaces lost property tax revenue in districts with federal land or large numbers of federally connected students; one superintendent said Impact Aid covers 40–45% of her operating budget.
Officials from military‑impacted districts told the Joint Committee on the Public Schools that Impact Aid is a property‑tax replacement program critical to districts that host federal land or educate federally connected students.
Helen Payne, superintendent of North Hanover Regional School District and state chair of the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, described Impact Aid’s purpose and mechanics. The program (Title VII of ESSA) has two sections commonly referenced as 7002 (compensation for lost property tax revenue when the federal…
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