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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
Her father lived in the district and so was paying whatever taxes.
By that logic she also saved her "neighborhood" many thousands of $ by not having her kids that district.
Six of one, half dozen of the other.
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Not exactly. The districts budget based on reported number of school aged children. Her district was expecting those kids, so it levied taxes based on those children being there. They already had the money, paid for by all the other residents of the district. In effect wasting their hard earned money on higher than necessary taxes. This puts the hurt on the residents who pay for "ghost students".
The opposite occurred in the fraudulent district. They were not expecting those students, therefore did not take them into account for the school tax levy. Which creates an extra burden on them, hence the charge for $30k. No such thing as a free lunch.