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Superintendent cautions board as legislature advances complex property-tax bill that could reshuffle school funding
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Buck told the Waukee Community School District board that a recently released property-tax bill contains complex provisions that could exchange local property-tax revenue for state funding; the district has made assumptions in its budget submission while the state’s Student Success Act remains unresolved.
Superintendent Dr. Buck told the Waukee Community School District Board of Directors on March 10 that a newly released property-tax bill contains “a lot of complexity” and could change how schools are funded.
The superintendent said the bill would move state dollars into school funding that would backfill local property-tax revenue rather than provide net new money. “We would just need to keep an eye on, that's not increase in funding, that's literally changing out property tax for state funding,” Dr. Buck said, adding that the legislature is scheduling extra committee time to let stakeholders digest the proposal.
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