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Supervisors back targeted ask to recover portion of disabled veterans property-tax exemption for schools
Summary
Board members discussed drafting legislation to recover a portion of the local revenue lost to the disabled veterans property-tax exemption; staff estimated the total exemption at $19.3 million and said about $7 million relates to veterans with children in schools, producing a targeted draft ask of roughly $3.5 million for school funding.
Staff and outside consultants recommended a focused legislative strategy to address the local fiscal impact of the disabled veterans property-tax exemption on school funding.
Anthony Tewego, intergovernmental affairs manager, told the board the county's current disabled veterans exoneration amount is about $19.3 million and that local staff estimated the share related to veterans with children in school at roughly $7 million. "If we take 48% of that, we're looking at about $3,500,000," Tewego said when summarizing the portion the board could request be targeted back to school funding.
Supervisors said the targeted ask might be more politically palatable than a broader COCA (cost-of-competing-area) approach. Consultants recommended building a coalition and pulling economic analysis from JLARC appendices to support a legislative message showing Stafford's specific fiscal impact.
Board members agreed to ask county staff (Rashida's office) to begin drafting possible legislative language for a narrow bill aimed at directing a portion of the exemption's fiscal impact to school operating funds; discussion noted some members preferred not to circulate draft language to legislators until the coalition and messaging were set.
