Voucher Funding Transparency

Urged a yes vote so taxpayers know where their tax dollars are going.

Supported showing every taxpayer how much money goes to voucher schools instead of AASD.

Asked the council to support the resolution so citizens know how their tax money is spent, noting voucher schools aren't held to public school standards.

Asked the council to vote yes so taxpayers know where their tax dollars are going.

Noted about 11% of the levy on tax statements goes to private schools with no notation; called the resolution common-sense governance.

A former ten-year school board member, said the public needs to understand school finance to take informed positions on taxes and the levy.

Spoke in favor of the resolution so taxpayers understand how their dollars fund both public and private schools.

Framed the resolution as a clerical update listing a new state-mandated taxing authority on the tax bill — not an anti-voucher vote.

A candidate for state assembly in District 56 spoke in support of the voucher tax transparency resolution.

A former 12-year school board member said school finance is complex and putting a voucher number on the tax bill helps taxpayers understand it.

Urged the committee to pass the resolution so taxpayers can see how their taxes fund both public and private schools.

A school board member and taxpayer said his support is about transparency, not taking a position on vouchers itself.

An organizer with Fox Cities Advocates for Public Education said public money should come with public accountability on the tax bill.

An Outagamie County Board supervisor asked the committee to pass the resolution and send it to the full council.