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Making Cents for Students Rock Island County Schools Facility Tax

Making Cents for Students Rock Island County Schools Facility Tax. Search for “Illinois County School Facility Sales Tax”. https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLN9yacb4dE. Schools in our county are facing serious facility needs:

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Making Cents for Students Rock Island County Schools Facility Tax

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  1. Making Cents for StudentsRock Island County Schools Facility Tax

  2. Search for “Illinois County School Facility Sales Tax” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLN9yacb4dE

  3. Schools in our county are facing serious facility needs: • Safety and security improvements to buildings designed in a different era require expensive updating to support learning into the future • Energy efficiency upgrades are needed to keep our students in school • Facility improvements to enhance the learning environment • Expanded services through county-wide collaborative efforts • This initiative addresses facility funding in a manner that shifts expense away from property taxes Why is this needed now?

  4. Eligible Uses • New facilities • Additions & renovations • Land acquisition • Ongoing maintenance • Access & security • Parking lots • Roof repairs • Energy efficiency Ineligible Uses • Salaries & overhead • Textbooks • Buses • Detached furniture & equipment • Operating costs How can funds be used?

  5. Top Priority Projects: • 1) Replacement of .05 Fire Prevention/Health/Life Safety levy with sales tax fund to fund ongoing projects such as roof replacements, etc. • 2) School Safety upgrades, including possibility of reconfiguring entrances and streamlined access for visitors • 3) Classroom upgrades, including classroom remodels • 4) Fine arts and music facility upgrades • 5) Athletic facility upgrades How will funds be used in our district?

  6. Improve the learning environment with an emphasis on safety and security • Provide sufficient funding to maintain buildings and increase their future years of service to our community • Ensure our schools can provide the facilities necessary to support a 21st century education • A 21st century education is critical to ensuring that our students have the tools they need to compete in a changing economy How do school facilities improve the quality of education?

  7. Groceries – unprepared foods • Prescriptions and over-the-counter medications • Titled vehicles – cars, trucks, ATVs, boats, RVs, motor homes • Farm equipment and parts • Farm inputs – feed, seed, fertilizer, etc • Services – doctor’s visits, car wash, salon services, etc • “If it is not currently taxed, it will not be taxed.” Retail sales that are NOT taxed

  8. Visitors may generate 30% of all sales tax revenue • Revenue is estimated to be $11.5 million per year • Our district would receive approximately $511 per Rock Island County student • Since 2009, this initiative would have generated approximately $57.5 million for our schools • For every dollar spent on local construction, it equates to $8 in economic activity in the community Did you know?

  9. Current Reduction: • Board of Educations have pledged to reduce property taxes by not levying the fire prevention, safety, energy conservation levy. (5 cents per $100 taxable value) • A District can also abate or decrease existing property taxes by using sales tax funds to pay off outstanding building bonds • Future Dependence: • A District can avoid levying property taxes by using sales tax funds to pay for facility projects that would have been paid for with property taxes How does this affect property taxes?

  10. Jobs and economic growth • Projects funded by the sales tax will put local people to work and support local businesses • Local control of funds • Each school district will control how it uses the revenue How will this benefit our local economy?

  11. Attract families: Schools play an important role in attracting families to settle in our communities • Quality schools: Allows the county to compete with the quality of facilities of Iowa Scott County Schools • Continued regional leadership & growth: This tax has been adopted by our surrounding counties (Mercer, Henry, Warren, Knox & Jo Daviess) • Community progress How will this benefit our local economy?

  12. How will it appear on the March 18 ballot? “Shall a retailer’s occupation tax and service occupation tax (commonly referred to as a “Sales Tax”) be imposed in The County of Rock Island, Illinois at a rate of 1% to be used exclusively for school facility purposes?”

  13. Early Voting March 3-15 You do not need a reason, but you do need a current Driver’s License or State ID. • County Clerk’s Office, 1504-3rd Avenue, Rock Island • Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. • Saturday, March 8 & 15, 8:00 a.m. – Noon • Western IL University, 3300 River Drive, Moline • Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • Silvis Council Chambers, 121-11th Street, Silvis • Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • Moline Public Library, 3210-41st Street, Moline • Monday – Friday 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. • Milan Municipal Building, 405 E. 1st Street, Milan • Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

  14. Absentee Voting Election Day is March 18! Obtain an application for an absentee ballot at: http://www.rockislandcounty.org/AbsenteeVoting/#Procedures

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