HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10172007 - RES-237 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Platter of Federal
reimbursement for educa-
tion. RESOLUTION NO. 2 3 7
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Centra Costa County
is concerned with the level of property taxes in Contra Casts.
County; and
WHEREAS, approximately one-half of the property taxes
levied in Contra Costa County are required to support the public
schools; and
WHEREAS, the school districts of Contra Costa County
received a total of $824,256 in Federal funds during the 1960-
1961 fiscal year under Public Law 874, an amount which would
otherwise have had to be raised out of property taxes; and
WHEREAS, Public Laws 815 and 874 provide Federal reim-
bursement for the costs of schooling children of parents who
work on Federal installations which are exempt from local taxa-
tion; and
WHEREAS, local property taxpayers will be required to
carry a heavy additional property tax burden if the provisions
of Public Laws 815 and 874 are not Mended; and
WHEREAS, Federal financial assistance under Public
Lags 815 and 874 expired on June 30, 1961;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County hereby requests and urges
re-enactment of provisions of Public Laws 815 and 874 -- Federal
"in lieu" payments for "impacted" school districts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolu-
tion shall be forwarded to United States Senator Thomas H.
Kuchel, United States Senator Clair Engle, and Congressman
John F. Baldwin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of August, 1961,
by the following vete of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, del F. Nielsen,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid,
Joseph S. Silva.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Done.