Opinions on residency requirements

[maryjk]

I am not “purposefully missing the point.”

I simply disagree with you.

 

[johnmann]

As I have said, homeowners are less transient than renters. That is what makes them different.

Homeowners are also more likely to have a washer/dryer in the house. That makes them different too. But it’s not a difference that matters in this context! Why does it matter if a student’s parent moves mid-year?

According to the OP, everyone gets to finish out the year. As long as they were legitimately enrolled, in the first place, they have never been asked to leave. So, everyone gets to finish out the year.
No one has been kicked out. In fact, the OP has twice stated that as long as the student is legitimately enrolled, they are allowed to finish out the year.

Then what’s the point of the monthly verification for renters?

The issue is, that there are rules. And if these rules are ever implemented, some children may be asked to leave the school, when they parents move. And really, isn’t that normal? You and your family move, and your children change schools? I’ve never heard of people moving into a new school district and the children staying at the old school. In fact, isn’t that kind of *cheating *the old school out of the tax money? So isn’t that what the school district trying to stop? Having children in their school system when the tax money for that child is going to another district?

So are you in favor of kicking students out mid-year or not?

 

[maryjk]

Homeowners are also more likely to have a washer/dryer in the house. That makes them different too. But it’s not a difference that matters in this context! Why does it matter if a student’s parent moves mid-year?

Because if a student’s parents move during the school year, their school disctrict changes.

Then what’s the point of the monthly verification for renters?

I have no idea. I don’t work for that school system.

So are you in favor of kicking students out mid-year or not?

Actually, yes I am in favor of moving children, when their parents move. (No one is being “kicked out,” just being asked move schools when they move school districts.) If a family moves, they should either move their children to the new district or pay to have their child stay in the same district. Otherwise they are cheating the students of that district. In effect stealing from them.

Where we live, your child can finish out the year. But for the elementary level, we have 3 schools. All of the money is from the same pot. Schools receive money from the city based on enrollment. So, if you move but don’t move your child to another school, the old school still receives the same funds. If you move to a different town, then it is a different story.

Now, if someone is homeless, that is a different story. They are essentially a charity case. And it doesn’t matter where they attend school, no one is getting tax money from them.

 

[Allegra]

Now, if someone is homeless, that is a different story. They are essentially a charity case. And it doesn’t matter where they attend school, no one is getting tax money from them.

Renters don’t pay property tax either. Are they also a “charity case”? Is that why it is okay to treat them this way? The district gets the same amount per student, regardless of the amount of taxes their parents pay.

 

[maryjk]

Renters don’t pay property tax either. Are they also a “charity case”? Is that why it is okay to treat them this way? The district gets the same amount per student, regardless of the amount of taxes their parents pay.

Renters pay rent. The owners of the property receive the rent and they are responsible for the property tax for the rental property.

Those that are homeless, don’t pay rent. And no property taxes are paid.

Where does that money, that the school gets from the district, come from? Everywhere I have lived, it has come from property taxes.

If that is the case, then the money from homeowners funnels from the homeowner, to the local municipality, to the school. Or, if the parents are renters, from the renter, to the owners, to the local municipality, to the school.

And when someone moves, that money stops. And as I have said, statistically, that happens more often with renters than home owners. Especially month to month renters.

 

[Allegra]

Renters pay rent. The owners of the property receive the rent and they are responsible for the property tax for the rental property.

Those that are homeless, don’t pay rent. And no property taxes are paid.

Where does that money, that the school gets from the district, come from? Everywhere I have lived, it has come from property taxes.

If that is the case, then the money from homeowners funnels from the homeowner, to the local municipality, to the school. Or, if the parents are renters, from the renter, to the owners, to the local municipality, to the school.

And when someone moves, that money stops. And as I have said, statistically, that happens more often with renters than home owners. Especially month to month renters.

School funds come from property tax, (The vast majority coming from businesses) sales tax, personal property tax, (on things like cars, boats, etc), the sale of bonds, grants, and many other sources. Homeless people generally pay sales tax and personal property tax if they have a vechicle.