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Education

Dec. 19, 2012

Decision limits school district's ability to raise funds

If the Alameda Unified School District does not petition the Supreme Court and obtain a reversal, the district will be required to return millions of dollars back to the taxpayers. By David Brillant


By David Brillant


A significant yet narrow question on the legality of split roll parcel taxes for school districts was finally answered this month. Split roll parcel taxes for school districts are now illegal, and Alameda Unified School District is at risk of losing all but a fraction of the revenue it collected under Measure H, as a result of the 1st District Court of Appeal's decision in Borikas v. Alameda Unified School District. The decision goes ...

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