Military Impacted Schools Association www.militarystudent.org

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
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• Impact Aid is a federal program, administered by
  the Department of Education.
• The program is an in-lieu-of tax where the
  federal government basically pays its property
  taxes to local school districts.

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Impact Aid goes to local school districts, just
  like local property taxes, to hire teachers,
  purchase textbooks and computers, pay for
  utilities, etc.

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Impact Aid
• Signed into law in 1950
• Government pays its property taxes to school
  districts serving military children
• Program expanded to include
• Indian lands
• low rent housing
• Federal property

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
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• Impact Aid was fully funded until 1970 when
  funding was cut in the middle of the school year.
• Since 1970 the program has faced severe cuts and
  is currently funded at 60 of need, as defined by
  law.

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Impact Aid is the only DoED program not forward
  funded.
• While Congress works on appropriations, school
  districts have to do their best to guesstimate
  what they will receive in Impact Aid.
• School boards have hired teachers, purchased
  textbooks, computers, etc., and the school year
  will be well underway before they know what
  funding they will receive for the current year.

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Who is Eligible for Impact Aid?
• In order to be eligible for Impact Aid, a
• school district must
• Have at least 400 federal students in their ADA
  or
• At least 3 of all children in the school
  districts ADA must be federally-connected

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
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• How is a typical school district funded at the
  local level?
• 50 funding
• Property taxes
• Taxes on automobiles
• 50 funding
• Business
• Business personal property

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Funding for children whose parents are military
  and live on base
• Intent of Impact Aid is to match the local tax
  effort
• 50 funding
• Property taxes
• Taxes on automobiles
• 50 funding
• Business
• Business personal property

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Funding for children whose parents are military
  and live in the community
• 50 funding
• Property taxes (paid by family)
• Taxes on automobiles (Soldiers and Sailors
• Relief Act allows taxes to be paid in home
  state)
• 50 funding
• Business (military installation)
• Business personal property (planes, tanks, etc.)

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Impact Aid
• Flat funded or cut for the past four years
• This does not take into account the increased
  costs in education

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• Impact Aid Law
• Working on language to re-authorize
• MISA
• NAFIS
• House Impact Aid Coalition
• Senate Impact Aid Coalition
• National Military Family Association

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Military Impacted Schools Associationwww.military
student.org

• GOALS
• Reauthorize Impact Aid Program
• Fully fund Impact Aid
• Address the needs of school districts
  experiencing growth as a result of BRAC, Global
  Re-basing, or Army transformation
• Forward fund Impact Aid