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Most likely you are paying them either directly or indirectly. What are your thoughts on this? Should you be required to pay them if you have no kids or kids who are no longer in the public school system? I'm actually on the fence with this.
 

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Yes.

The alternative would be private school for everyone. The current public education system funding could not be supported by only the parents of those who have children in school.

Then when the burden is on the parents to pay for their child’s schooling, many will not be able to do so. You will end up paying extra taxes anyway to support low and middle income children to attend “private” school. Or they just won’t send their kids to school. And I’m not talking homeschooling either.

The tax-payer funded public school system is one of those arguably “socialistic” programs that is necessary in today’s society.
 

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I had to pay a $10K "impact fee" when I built my house back in 2006, at that time I didn't have any kids and thought it was bullshit. I'm a little better with it now knowing I have a child who will be growing up through the school system.
 

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School tax is crazy here. Over half of my property tax is school tax. I don't have kids either. I don't mind paying into the system, until they pull bullshit I don't approve of.

I feel your pain. School taxes in TX are out of control, largely due to Public Education being under funded by the Legislature. They rely on the school district to make up the difference.

My school district (DSISD) has more dept per student than 93% of the school districts in TX, yet the voters just passed a $130 million bond. On top of that the district is planning a $400 million bond in 3 years.

I already pay $13,400 in property tax, the majority being school tax. Can't wait to see how much worse it gets. There's a reason people in TX are taxed out of their homes.

To clarify further, I pay 2.12% property tax, and from that, 1.52% is school tax.
 
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Most likely you are paying them either directly or indirectly. What are your thoughts on this? Should you be required to pay them if you have no kids or kids who are no longer in the public school system? I'm actually on the fence with this.
Other than local taxes, I pay no federal or property tax here in Florida.

I have paid for other states systems over the years.

I would rather have a pretty well funded education system than a system full of extraordinary uneducated dumb shits around me. The more educated Western Civilization became the less reliant on being slaves to Kings and princes.

Have you looked at your cable or phone bill lately? Where is that tax going?

If we could pick and choose taxes would we be able to have and maintain a military? Would we have decent streets, or even police and emergency support Fire and resuce? Clean and running water? Space exploration? Sewage and waste disposal?

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Imagine being within walking distance to work. Should you pay taxes for the road maintenance? You don't use it. So why?

Because everything you buy at the store, for your home, get shipped to your place, etc. all use roads.

Same goes for kids. You're investing in the countries education level when you pay school taxes. It's not about whether you even have kids or not, it's about the country as a whole. I support a more intelligent American population. Simple enough.
 

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I live in the Ohio valley and I don't mind paying the school taxes. What I do mind is all the well diggers who come here, putting their kids in the schools I'm paying taxes for , taking our jobs and sending money back to their home state. Either move to the state you are working in and establish residency or stay out of my state!!!
 

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I wouldn’t mind paying the school taxes if the money stayed in our school district. Our taxes in Texas are ridiculous. Half of my house payment goes to taxes and the biggest portion of that if for the school taxes but what upsets me is the Robin Hood plan that sends most of that money to lower income school districts. We are scheduled to pay 56 million to the Robin Hood fund this year and our schools are falling apart and over crowded.


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Devils advocate here

Our states ‘no child left behind’ caters to the ‘slower learners’ that are just not as adept as the rest of us, which in turn slows down the curriculum for everyone else. This program i do not support....and i would not want to contribute to. If a child is having learning difficulties they should have extra tutoring before or after school, not slow down the entire class.

What say ye?
 

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What my 2017/2018 tax bill looks like for the local schools and community colleges. The liberty high one is not even in my city but since the city I live in only has 1 high school many kids get sent to that high school.

I don't mind paying. My son will eventually be going to one of these schools.

I expect another bond to come soon for building a 2nd high school.

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i think we have like a .5% tax that goes to the schools. I dont have a problem with that in itself, its the document waste of that money I have an issue with. The lack of oversight is unreal
 

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Devils advocate here

Our states ‘no child left behind’ caters to the ‘slower learners’ that are just not as adept as the rest of us, which in turn slows down the curriculum for everyone else. This program i do not support....and i would not want to contribute to. If a child is having learning difficulties they should have extra tutoring before or after school, not slow down the entire class.

What say ye?
I thought no child left behind meant more resources for IEPs, individual education plan, in which parents and challenging students could gradually help that student instead of failing them based on a system that tries to define the student as lazy, stupid, or retarded.

As an example. My oldest boy is autistic, now Asperger's. When he was just getting into school he was placed in a severe handi cap classroom. If you know anything much about kids, especially autistic kids is the mimic those around them. The best thing I did for him was to fight to mainstream him with the IEP provisions. He went in to finish highschool and had a scholarship that unfortunately his mom did not follow through on.

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Devils advocate here

Our states ‘no child left behind’ caters to the ‘slower learners’ that are just not as adept as the rest of us, which in turn slows down the curriculum for everyone else. This program i do not support....and i would not want to contribute to. If a child is having learning difficulties they should have extra tutoring before or after school, not slow down the entire class.

What say ye?
I thought no child left behind meant more resources for IEPs, individual education plan, in which parents and challenging students could gradually help that student instead of failing them based on a system that tries to define the student as lazy, stupid, or retarded.

As an example. My oldest boy is autistic, now Asperger's. When he was just getting into school he was placed in a severe handi cap classroom. If you know anything much about kids, especially autistic kids is the mimic those around them. The best thing I did for him was to fight to mainstream him with the IEP provisions. He went in to finish highschool and had a scholarship that unfortunately his mom did not follow through on.

Me with a mop is like a frog riding a bicycle.
 

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