The Madison School Board has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for greater transparency in how education-related property taxes are presented to Madison and Dane County taxpayers.
The resolution, which was shared by Board President Savion Castro during the body’s regular meeting on July 27, urges state legislators and relevant agencies to require future property tax bills to clearly distinguish local property tax dollars that support Wisconsin’s public schools from those required under state law to support the state’s private school choice programs, commonly referred to as private school vouchers.
It also encourages local governing groups and officials to support efforts that provide taxpayers with a clearer accounting of education-related property tax expenditures.
The board said it adopted the resolution out of a belief that taxpayers deserve clear, accurate and complete information about how their education-related property tax dollars are allocated.
“Greater transparency and clarity benefit taxpayers by providing a more complete understanding of how education-related property tax dollars are distributed,” the resolution reads.
“The MMSD Board of Education firmly believes that taxpayers have a right to see a full, line-item accounting of their property tax dollar expenditures on their annual statement.”
