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Impact AidGreg Taylor, Executive Director
Fort Bragg Regional Alliance(Formerly the BRAC Regional Task Force)
August 8, 2012
2012 ADC ANNUAL CONFERENCE| PAGE 3
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What is Impact Aid…
Passed in 1950 as a “payment in lieu of property taxes” to school districts serving military children
Over the years other groups have been added and now only 40 cents of every dollar goes to support military children
Fully funded until 1970 Funded at 60% currently
Significant School Needs from significant federal activity and not enough local resources
Property tax rates in the Fort Bragg region are already 22% above the state average
Two of our counties are at or below the minimum fund balance requirements
Our problem…
• Children from Indian Lands are weighted at 1.25 regardless of where their parents work. But if your parent is a soldier and you live on base, you are only weighted at 1.
• If your parent is a soldier and you live off base, you only count as .2 of a student.
• Because it’s not fully funded, the “Learning Opportunity Threshold” (LOT) modifier formula is applied.
• This LOT formula means that some districts will receive most or even all of what they are eligible for.
• To be able to do this, the allocations for school districts like OURS are reduced - SIGNIFICANTLY.
Impact Aid Issues…
Impact Aid in the Fort Bragg Region…
2009 Federal Impact Aid in the Fort Bragg Region
Funding Allocation
Maximum Eligible
Difference
Cumberland, NC $5,887,974 $13,069,313 $7,181,339
Harnett, NC $251,508 $1,611,162 $1,359,653
Hoke, NC $391,132 $1,317,463 $926,331
Lee, NC $0.00 $157,644 $157,644
Moore, NC $24,359 $415,885 $391,526
Robeson, NC $28,637 $497,758 $469,121
Scotland, NC $11,676 $156,904 $145,228
Totals $6,595,286 $17,226,129 $10,640,833
Impact Aid in the Fort Bragg Region…
Payments Maximum Eligible
2009 2009 2010 2012
Cumberland, NC $5,887,974 $13,069,313 $13,796,784 $14,901,401
Harnett, NC $251,508 $1,611,162 $2,076,311 $3,679,566
Hoke, NC $391,132 $1,317,463 $1,507,604 $1,953,978
Lee, NC $0.00 $157,644 $231,235 $278,279
Moore, NC $24,359 $415,885 $670,928 $1,015,312
Robeson, NC $28,637 $497,758 $553,719 $439,938
Scotland, NC $11,676 $156,904 $151,250 $135,435
Totals $6,595,286 $17,226,129 $18,987,831 $22,403,909
Impact Aid in North Carolina…
Onslow County
2009 2012 Maximum Eligible $7,128,943 $8,331,909
Actual Funding $3,909,805 ??
Difference $3,219,138 ??
North Carolina Overall (30+ Districts)Maximum Eligible $39,289,213 $48,080,651
Actual Funding $15,019,861 ??
Difference $24,269,352 ??
The Sad Reality of the LOT Modifier
• 369,261 military children depended on Impact Aid to help fund their education and only 17% of these children got 90% or more of their maximum allocation.
• 117,420 children from Indian Lands depended on Impact Aid to help fund their education and 66% of these children got 90% or more of their maximum allocation.
• 25% of the 2009 Impact Aid Funding went to Alaska and Arizona
For more information contact the Fort Bragg Regional Alliance at (910) 808-4189
2009 Impact Aid…
The Sad Reality of LOT
Over 68% of the funding went to less than 16% of the 1343 school districts.
• This 16% (211 districts) got 90% or more of their Maximum Allocation. Many got the full 100%.
2009 Impact Aid
Possible Steps to Improve Impact Aid
• Adjust the Impact Aid formula to reflect parity for ALL Federally-impacted students
• Eliminate the LOT modifier
But the real solution…
• Fully fund Impact Aid
Impact Aid solutions…
Impact Aid Funding History…
Appropriated Needed to Fully Fund Difference
2009 $1,128,535,000 $1,865,812,627 $737,277,627
2010 $1,138,000,000 $1,933,906,414 $795,906,414
2011 $1,135,724,000 $2,063,455,553 $927,731,553
2012 $1,153,539,682 $1,958,948,061 $805,408,379
Use the focus on Military Families to drive change Association of Defense Communities AUSA Other Military/Military Family Organizations Mailers to the other Impacted Communities Who are the key legislators?
IMPACT AID GAME PLAN?
Impact AidGreg Taylor, Executive Director
Fort Bragg Regional Alliance
(910) 808-4189
