ESTIMATED IMPACT ON TAX RATES OF DECLINING STUDENTS FOR FUNDING PURPOSES
and CHANGE IN METHOD OF CALCULATING TAX RATES
January 26, 2005
ASSUMPTIONS FOR FY06 TAX RATES
*  Adoption of all proposed 2005-06 budgets 
*  Legislative approval of the recommended base homestead rate
ASSUMPTIONS FOR PROJECTIONS TO FY07 AND FY08
*  Implementation of Act 130 for FY07
*  Act 130 changes the distribution of certain state revenues
*  Act 130 calculates separate tax rates for union and non-union schools
*  Budgets as proposed for the 2005-06 school year
*  Pupil count for funding calculated by advancing current students through grades;
future pre-school and kindergarten enrollments based on an average of the last 2 years
   
Tax Rate History  - ACT 60 ACT 68 ACT 130
  Based on FY06 Budgets
   
FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
Addison        1.46        1.71        1.94        1.94        1.84        1.46        1.55        1.60        1.64
   
Ferrisburgh        1.55        1.83        1.89        1.95        2.02        1.53        1.59        1.57        1.62
   
Panton        1.52        1.69        1.86        2.27        1.78        1.36        1.48        1.53        1.58
   
Vergennes        1.40        1.49        1.75        1.78        1.89        1.53        1.44        1.52        1.55
   
Waltham        1.54        1.64        1.70        2.01        1.75        1.45        1.37        1.51        1.55
                     
TAX RATES AND IMPACT UNDER A UNIFIED UNION
ESTIMATED IMPACT ON TAX RATES OF DECLINING STUDENTS FOR FUNDING PURPOSES
and CHANGE IN METHOD OF CALCULATING TAX RATES
ASSUMPTIONS FOR FY05 and FY06 TAX RATES
*  "What if" a unified union was in place for the current year (FY05)
*  Adoption of all proposed 2005-06 budgets 
*  Legislative approval of the recommended base homestead rate for FY06
ASSUMPTIONS FOR PROJECTIONS TO FY07 AND FY08
*  Implementation of Act 130 for FY07
*  Act 130 changes the distribution of certain state revenues
*  Act 130 calculates separate tax rates for union and non-union schools
*  Budgets as proposed for the 2005-06 school year
*  Pupil count for funding calculated by advancing current students through grades;
future pre-school and kindergarten enrollments based on an average of the last 2 years    
   
Tax Rate History  - ACT 60 ACT 68 ACT 130
  Based on FY06 Budgets
   
Unified Unified Unified Unified
FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
Addison        1.46        1.71        1.94        1.94        1.84        1.50        1.51        1.55        1.60
   
Ferrisburgh        1.55        1.83        1.89        1.95        2.02        1.50        1.51        1.55        1.60
   
Panton        1.52        1.69        1.86        2.27        1.78        1.50        1.51        1.55        1.60
   
Vergennes        1.40        1.49        1.75        1.78        1.89        1.50        1.51        1.55        1.60
   
Waltham        1.54        1.64        1.70        2.01        1.75        1.50        1.51        1.55        1.60