For release: August 21, 2007

 

School Funding Equalization Proposal

Granite School District Response

 

 

1.       This bill raises no new capital funds for any district in Salt Lake County.

 

2.       It raises the property taxes for Granite District taxpayers (at least $11 per $250,000 assessed value) for the sole purpose of lowering the tax burden on taxpayers in the Jordan School District.

·         Enrollment growth estimates questionable

 

3.       The proposal does not appreciably mitigate the additional tax burden that would be created for the Remaining District by a division.

 

4.       It appears that a special legislative session has been called to pass a bill that does not take effect for two years.  Why not wait to create a bill creating effective state-wide capital equalization?