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Good for these people who fought against these and won!
Yeah – we certainly wouldn’t want to invest in education, would we?
I feel sorry for all of the districts where these failed. If you feel good that people are left less educated and our already underpaid teachers are left less supported, not sure what to say to you.
We spend a lot of money on unnecessary projects/programs. Education is not one of them. It is a failing of our society when we do not invest in it.
While we are busy fighting culture wars over education, the rest of the world is making investments in it. Our competition in this world is not each other in this case, it is other countries.
Wow the rate they were proposing in Wabash was ridiculous. Maybe dial it back to 0.15 for every 100 in assessed value. Stop spending so much on sports and elaborate stadiums.
If you ever wonder why folks around Indiana move to the Indianapolis area, go tour the facilities of schools in the donut counties. Go look at Plainfield or Franklin or Center Grove or Noblesville or any number of other schools.
They’ve invested in facilities and they’re reaping the benefits as a community with people wanting to live in their school districts.
You’re simply not going to keep residents around if you don’t play the game.
Maybe some of the state surplus should be used to fund schools at a higher level so that these referendums are no longer necessary.
HC property values have jumped over 50% the last several years. This raises property taxes, which go to schools. How can a community like Westfield need to raise an additional $61 million on top of it? Mind boggling… other peoples money…
There’s a lot going on here and I’m only making one post…not looking for an argument. First, you are correct about home values increasing which helps the schools keep up with their own costs increasing. Westfield, in particular, is also growing rapidly, which means the district’s total assessed value is increasing. However, that growth means tons of new students are moving in, and both the state funds allocated to each student as well as property taxes run in arrears (from a few months to 2+ years on a new build) while the costs to educate those new students are immediate. It is also very misleading how the value of these referendums is presented. Schools have to set a max amount they are allowed to pull each year for the next 8 years which becomes the referendum amount. But they don’t actually have to take that amount and many will take considerably less. Again, Westfield lowered their max from the existing referendum (which hasn’t even expired yet) and have gone on record stating they will still only take a portion of the allowable amount in the next few years. Lastly, these referendums could likely be avoided statewide if not for Mitch Daniels’ 1-2-3 tax limitations. Districts lose a ton of money (as do local gov’t) from the 1% property tax limit on primary residences. As a taxpayer, I’m glad we have the 1% limit and I will happily pay an extra couple hundred dollars to support the school district knowing they will be better stewards of the funds since they will have to get it reapproved every few years.
The General Assembly has again abdicated its responsibility by making schools grovel for funding through referenda. Indiana regularly lags the rest of the country in educational achievement but we just won’t adequately fund schools.
Yes, more funds is ALWAYS the answer. That’s why, with the increased funding over many years, test scores have similarly improved. Wait…that hasn’t happened?
Funding got cut 15 years ago and never restored. Keep up.
“From 2010 to 2020, during the longest economic expansion in Indiana history, inflation-adjusted spending on K-12 education declined, both as a share of our economy and on a per-student basis. The study shows the funding cuts to K-12 education from 2010 to 2020 were the steepest in state history.
As Indiana’s economy grew, funding for schools declined. Indiana wasn’t the only state to do so, but educational attainment in Indiana lags the nation. Even with the benefits of school choice, Indiana’s cuts to education and growing educational gap clearly have slowed our economic growth.”
https://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2021/07/08/michael_hicks_a_look_at_our_spending_on_education/