School Funding Discussion

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School Funding Discussion
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Property Tax
State Aid
Fees other
Federal Money
Grants
Gifts
School Budget
Admin.
Buildings
Fuel
Supplies
Teachers
Utilities
Special Ed
Bussing
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Property Tax
State Aid
Property value Number of students
Ability to pay for education
School Budget
Most of the money (revenue) that goes into the
schools checking account comes from state aid
and property tax.
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Property tax
School Budget
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17 Municipalities (City, Villages, Townships) in
the Markesan School District
Metomen
Princeton
Green Lake
Montello
Marquette
Fairwater
Marquette
Markesan
Buffalo
Kingston
Kingston (Dalton)
Manchester
Alto
Mackford
Marcellon
Fox Lake
Scott
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2005 District Property Valuation
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2005 District Valuation
Total assessed valuation 537,092,972
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2005 District Valuation by
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2000 District Property Valuation
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5 Year Change in District Valuation
2000
2005
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change of District Property Valuation from
2000 to 2005
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change of School Tax Levy from 2000 to 2005
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Everything you want to know about Property Tax
can be found at www.co.green-lake.wi.us/treasurer
/index.htm or www.dor.state.wi.us/pubs/slf/pb060.p
df
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Non-voting Non-resident
?Is this yours tax bill?
7.3 drop since last year
28,964.60
SCHL-MARKESAN
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2005 Assessed Property Value of Top Ten Tax Bills
in Green Lake Township
Resident
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2000 Assessed Property Value of Top Ten Tax Bills
in Green Lake Township
Resident
Resident
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2000 2005 Assessed Property Value of Top Ten
Property Tax Bill in Green Lake
Township
2005
2000
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Real estate ratio of agriculture to residential
in Green Lake Township
2005
G4 Agriculture Land 20,295 acres
Residential Land 450 acres
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Real estate valuations in Green Lake Township
2000
2005
G4 Agriculture Land 20,295 acres 3,366,200
G4 Agriculture Land 20,289 acres 9,203,300
454/acre
166/acre
In the last five years Assessed valuation of
Agriculture Land went down over 63 Assessed
valuation of Residential Land more than doubled
Residential Land 433 acres 52,508,200
Residential Land 450 acres 113,990,300
121,266/acre
253,324/acre
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Actual Markesan School Tax on one parcel of
unchanged property in Green Lake Township from
1993 to 2005
Assessed Value 136,600
Assessed Value 204,300
452 less after 12 years
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Actual Markesan School Tax Compared to Total Tax
on one parcel of unchanged property in Green Lake
Township from 1993 to 2005
The dark blue lines are total property tax
compared to the colored school tax lines
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Change in Property Tax on one parcel in Green
Lake Township between 1993 and 2005
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Actual Markesan City Tax on one parcel of
unchanged property in the City of Markesan from
1993 to 2005
435.57 more after 12 years
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Actual Markesan School Tax on one parcel of
unchanged property in the City of Markesan from
1993 to 2005
37.23 less after 12 years
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change of Property Tax on one parcel in the
City of Markesan from 1993 to 2005
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