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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:37AM (#37916805)
Most schools receive very little funding from the federal government. Maybe the poorest school districts this makes up a significant part of their funding, but for most school districts it doesn't.
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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by bombcar on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @12:03PM (#37917187)
> In 2021, state and local governments in the United States collected about 630.21 billion U.S. dollars via property taxes.

> In FY 2023, the Department of Education (ED) had $271.01 Billion distributed among its 10 sub-components.

Maybe they just burn that quarter trillion, but I suspect it ends up in the districts eventually.

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @01:30PM (#37918502)
Here is a good breakdown of funding in CA:

https://peecs.net/2021/03/10/how-are-california-school-budge...

So federal is...7%?

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by bombcar on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @03:08PM (#37920064)
The problem is that federal grants often go through the state, so some percentage of "state" may source from the feds.

Of course it's all academic in a way, because money is fungible.

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @03:32PM (#37920395)
The table implies funding origins via taxes (local vs. state taxes, for example). I don't think any ED money is going to CA first before going to the districts. CA is also a special case where more funding is state level (due to Prop 13).
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