Complex system insulates districts that agree to raise taxes the fastest
You might be paying higher school property taxes this year because of a referendum to exceed a school district’s revenue cap — one that you did not get a vote on in a district your kids do not attend.
That’s because of the structure of Wisconsin’s school levy tax credit, under which property owners in some school districts have seen their school levy tax credits shrink to subsidize additional spending in other districts where they have no vote and no representation.