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Before
Property Property
Proposal A Taxes Serve Taxes were
as Primary 34% above
Source of national avg.
Why School Revenue (7th in nation)
Finance and
Tax Reform
Were Hot Wealthiest
Districts No
Issues in Outspent Restrictions
Michigan in Lowest 3:1 on on Millage
1993 a Per Pupil Increases
Basis
Hold Harmless • For districts that spent > $6,500 per pupil in 1994
Homestead Property • Requires voter approval (subject to Headlee)
Tax • Fixed amount per pupil; no increases since 1995
Commercial
• First 12 of 18 mill Non-Homestead tax are exempt
Personal Property • Also taxed at Homestead Hold Harmless Rate
Tax
Financial Transparency Series - 2010-11 Tax Levy
Bond and Sinking Fund
Levied against Homestead and Non-Homestead Property
Reduced school
School funding Revenue per
property taxes,
based on student pupil is set,
increased sales ,
enrollment. capped by state.
other taxes.
8,986
8,147
8,125
7,407
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
-1.0%
-2.0%
-3.0%
-4.0%
GPPSS State of MI
Increasing Decreasing
Downward Millagee
Enrollment Enrollment
Upward Millagee
Pressure
Pressure
Counter Balance
Decreasing Increasing
Taxable Value Taxable Value
Proposal A self corrects tax rates to ensure fixed per pupil funding
Financial Transparency Series - 2010-11 Tax Levy
Proposal A’s Impact on Homestead Millages
In GPPSS School Property Tax Rates Went down 50%
$27,000
$25,700
$25,000
$23,100
$23,000
Thousands
$23,974
$22,698
$21,000
$19,000
$17,000
$17,962
$15,000
$25,000
$24,000
$24,000
$23,000
$22,000
Thousands
$21,000 $20,300
$20,000
$19,000
$18,000
$17,000 $18,105
$16,000
$16,319
$15,000