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
EDWARDS-KNOX
4
(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
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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