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Interview Project

• One principal/curriculum director
• One business manager/superintendent
• "What I wish I had known!"

Interview Project

• Questions in syllabus
• Feel free to adapt/add
• Professional quality

Taxation Strategies

• King | Chapter 3
• Theories & Approaches
• Minnesota?

What portions of the different taxation approaches do you think are the most important for schools?

How does a community’s value structure impact taxation?

Best System?

• Income?
• Consumption?
• Combination?
• Minnesota?

Revenue

• King | Chapter 4
• How do schools get their dollars?
• Minnesota?

The MN Basic Formula

• Generated based on enrollment (pupil units)
• $5,948 (now), $6,067 (FY 17)
• Not adequate/has not kept up with inflation

Revenue Questions

• How does your district project enrollment?
• Does your district have an operating levy?
• Does your district have a capital levy?

See you Wednesday!