{"id":2528,"date":"2023-05-02T12:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T12:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:08:44","slug":"wi-technical-college-system-funding-is-taxation-without-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2528","title":{"rendered":"WI Technical College System Funding is \u201cTaxation Without Representation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wi-technical-college-system-funding-is-taxation-without-representation\/\">https:\/\/will-law.org\/wi-technical-college-system-funding-is-taxation-without-representation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>WILL\u2019s 50-state overview and study shows the funding breakdown of technical colleges, giving policy solutions on behalf of taxpayers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The News<\/strong>: The Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty (WILL) just released a new policy report, <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WILL-FromCoastToCoast_PolicyReport_v1.pdf\"><em><u>From Coast to Coast: A 50 State Review of Technical College Funding<\/u><\/em><\/a>. In this report we explore the funding of technical and community colleges in Wisconsin and across the nation. We identify states that hold technical colleges accountable to their local communities, and make recommendations for how Wisconsin can move in that direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The Quote<\/strong>: WILL Policy Associate, Miranda Spindt, stated \u201cAmerica was founded on the idea that government only exists by the consent of the governed. Technical college boards in Wisconsin levy property tax dollars in their respective districts, but they don\u2019t answer directly to voters. To achieve true <em>taxation with representation<\/em>, a system should be created to elect at least some portion of the membership on tech college boards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Why It Matters: <\/strong>America was founded on the principle of no taxation without representation, and unfortunately Wisconsin\u2019s technical college system fails to live up to that principle. Wisconsin\u2019s overall property tax burden is high compared to other states, ranking 8th highest in the nation in 2021. In past state budgets, policymakers have increased aid to technical colleges in return for reductions in property taxes. Removing technical colleges from the property tax rolls over time would help lower Wisconsin\u2019s overall tax burden, making Wisconsin more competitive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Key Findings &amp; Solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical colleges receive about 30% of their funding from property taxes. <\/strong>Most of the remainder comes from state aid, federal funding, and tuition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Property tax funding for technical colleges represents about $487 million from Wisconsin property owners. <\/strong>This number is likely to grow in the forthcoming budget.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The majority of states that fund technical colleges with property taxes have elected members. <\/strong>Of the 17 states we identified in this category, 11 have elected members.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Colleges are vital to meeting Wisconsin\u2019s workforce needs. <\/strong>Within six months of graduation, 93% of graduates are employed, and 80% are employed in the field they received training.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Policymakers should consider ways to eliminate \u201ctaxation without direct representation.\u201d <\/strong>This could include moving to fully replace property tax funding with state aid, or creating a system to elect at least some portion of the membership on tech college boards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dig Deeper:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WILL-FromCoastToCoast_PolicyReport_v1.pdf\"><u>From Coast to Coast: A 50 State Review of Technical College Funding<\/u><\/a><\/em>, April 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Miranda-Spindt.jpg\" alt=\"Miranda Spindt\" class=\"wp-image-21572\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Miranda Spindt<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Policy Associate<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Miranda@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_1 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WILL_Flanders_Color_002_WEB_980x617_100ppi_Sharpened.jpg\" alt=\"Will Flanders, PHD\" class=\"wp-image-9280\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Will Flanders, PHD<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Director<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Flanders@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wi-technical-college-system-funding-is-taxation-without-representation\/\">WI Technical College System Funding is \u201cTaxation Without Representation\u201d<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\">Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/wi-technical-college-system-funding-is-taxation-without-representation\/ WILL\u2019s 50-state overview and study shows the funding breakdown&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}