Jackson County Schools Fear Property Tax Assessment Lawsuit Cash Crunch

In fairness . . .

This report is worth a look not because it advocates for cash rich school district.

Instead . . .

TKC CONFIRMED: TOP HEAVY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CASH RICH AND DON'T WANT TO GIVE BACK A DIME TO HOMEOWNERS!!!

Here's their side of the story . . .

The Fort Osage, Oak Grove, Independence and Lee’s Summit school districts submitted an amicus brief on May 9 asking the judge to consider the “catastrophic financial harm” of tossing out the higher assessments. It estimated that would mean paying back $57 million in taxes across the four districts, or $1,468 per student.

Lee’s Summit would have to give up $32 million — almost a tenth of its revenue. But that money has already been spent on the 2023-24 school year.

“The school districts budget for the fact that there will be some successful challenges to the county’s assessments,” the brief says, “but not for an illegal rollback of assessments on virtually every property in the county.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Schools say a lawsuit targeting Jackson County property assessments would be 'catastrophic'

The Missouri Attorney General and State Tax Commission are suing Jackson County to toss out more than 190,000 property assessments - and force schools to pay back millions of dollars that they've already spent.