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Legislators have passed a bill that exempts Internet access services from sales tax. The Business Council supported the bill.The bill is designed to preserve in law an exemption that was first given administratively, at Governor Pataki's direction, in January 1997

(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student) School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 CENTRAL SQUARE 206

  (Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student) School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in state aid per student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid per student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 SACHEM* 213

ATTACHED TABLES SHOW TAX INCREASES FOR ALL LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATEWIDE AND FOR A SELECTION OF OTHER DISTRICTS. FOR DATA ON ALL DISTRICTS IN YOUR AREA, CONTACT THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE. School taxes across New York State more than doubled from 1985 to 1995, increasing at nearly three times the rate of inflation, a new Public Policy Institute analysis of the latest comprehensive data shows

(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student) School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 INDIAN RIVER -17

Staff Contact: Data used in this study are from the Bureau of Municipal Research & Statistics, Office of the State Comptroller, for school district fiscal years ending in June 1985 and June 1995, and appear in Comptroller's Special Report on Municipal Affairs for the relevant years. (The Special Report contains data for all municipalities as well as school districts

(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student) School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG 7

School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 ROXBURY 272

(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student) School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95 GRANVILLE 277