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Originally posted by valkyrie
I don't get this -- if the teachers do live in the school district, are they required to buy a house or condo. so they're paying property taxes? If not, why does it matter where they live?
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They're not required to buy a house, but it's assumed that if they rent, property taxes will be passed on to the renter by the landlord. If you're renting in a district w/ lower taxes, your rent will be lower. The percentage of people, period, who rent in the area is very small.
The thing is that they are pushing binding arbitration which could result in increased taxes for the residents of the school district. If they're not residents, they don't really give a rat's rump if taxes go sky high.