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| Topic | Dependent School Districts |
| Content | I think the Dependent school districts should be forced to consolidate or merge with an Independent School District. I live in the Independent Tahlequah School District which takes in high school students from several dependent districts. From what I understand, no ad valorem tax money follows the students when they go to Tahlequah High School. That means that I am paying for the students from the dependent districts to go to high school, and their parents are not paying their fair share.
I realize that the Dependent districts would not be in favor of this proposal, so I would like to suggest a first step. The dependent district should pay a certain amount equal to the amount that is determined that it costs the tax payers of the independent district to educate the student. This money would go to the independent district for every student from a dependent district going to the high school. I do realize that the district does get the state aid for each of the students, but I believe that there is no transfer of ad valorem funds from the dependent districts. |
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