Any point in filling out the Federal Impact Aid Survey?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard for me to understand why this form has become so political. Previous posters have made good points about why everyone should complete the form, but it's hard to convince those who have drank the MAGA kool-aid.

Also, it's not to make up for lost revenue from personal property or income tax. Here's a description:

Impact Aid is a Federal education program that reimburses school districts for the lost revenue and additional costs associated with the presence of nontaxable Federal property. Because most public school districts are funded largely through local taxes and fees, and because Federal land is exempt from taxation, as are many of the businesses and facilities located on that land, districts containing Federal property are at a financial disadvantage in funding their schools.

Based on the above explanation, then where anyone works is irrelevant.

FCPS can certainly figure out where federal property is within its borders without thousands of parents filling out a form.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never fill these out.

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They don't call your house?

[Anonymous]

If I remember correctly, I believe that the government pays tuition for children of military members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, I believe that the government pays tuition for children of military members.

If their parents fill out the form!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, I believe that the government pays tuition for children of military members.

If their parents fill out the form!

Based on this logic, since I’m not in the military, I don’t need to fill out the form. No form, no payment. I work in the private sector so won’t get money whether I fill out the form or not

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please fill them out. The school district gets money for all children of active duty them trying military and federal government workers. It’s free money. It is not impacted by the shut down. It’s important please fill them out.

But we aren’t in the military or any of the situations on the form so why do I have to fill it out every year? Nothing applies to us, same for thousands of others.

If you are not military or a federal government employee, you check “none” and return it. If you are military or federal, then turn it in and get federal money for FCPS. That way, Fairfax County doesn’t have to raise taxes as much to pay for your children to get an education. NoVA complains incessantly about the amount of taxes paid especially compared to the rest of VA. You can bet that the rest of VA is filling out their federal impact forms to get money for its schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I remember correctly, I believe that the government pays tuition for children of military members.

If their parents fill out the form!

Based on this logic, since I’m not in the military, I don’t need to fill out the form. No form, no payment. I work in the private sector so won’t get money whether I fill out the form or not

It seems like people are upset that FCPS is asking non-Federal impact families to fill out the form. However, FCPS doesn't have any way to know which families would qualify for federal money or not until everyone fills out the form. It takes no time at all, and you can even do it online.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few ways parents can get back at FCPS by hitting them in the pocket.

By hitting them in the pocket, you’re just reducing the amount of resources made available to your own student. So by getting back at FCPS you’re hurting your own student.

Let’s rephrase the question..how is filling out this form going to help my student? Maybe you can convince me. Give specifics on how it will help HS students.

From where I sit I’m not sure how I am going to hurt my students. FCPS going to cut course offerings - check they’ve already done that (no Latin at our FCPS high school now, Multivariable is no longer a DE class). FCPS is going to ask me to fund “extras” - check they’ve already done that ($400 state conference bill is sitting on my desk right now) and at least I can control how those are funds are spent. I spend a lot of money on outside tutors so that my kids are well educated and prepared for life.

I can only hope that lack of federal funding will cause FCPS to really look at what they are spending their money on and get back to the basics.

They need to get out of the social engineering business and focus on educating kids. I don’t need the endless FCPS lawyer bills, independent investigations, surveys, studies, etc. And who do they hire for these surveys? They are always slanted and not objective at all.

In years past, FCPS received c. $3M in impact aid from the federal government. This is $3M that FCPS then has available to educate your child. If it does not get the $3M from the feds it either (1) cuts services like Latin offered to your child or (2) raises your taxes so it can offer services. In the meantime, other school districts in the country without petulant parents are filing to get their impact aid, which then makes you wonder why schools in “flyover” states can have nice buildings.

Huh.

If it was 3 million this year, at least a 3rd of that would have been blown on rezoning, with a 5 million no bid contract, plus all the overtime paid to the 2-3 dozen fcps employees st every meeting.

Does 3 million even cover the locker room/bathroom/boys in girls sports lawsuit? Or the countless other frivolous or political lawsuits that FCPS regularly engages in?

I really haven't seen FCPS manage their money well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few ways parents can get back at FCPS by hitting them in the pocket.

By hitting them in the pocket, you’re just reducing the amount of resources made available to your own student. So by getting back at FCPS you’re hurting your own student.

Let’s rephrase the question..how is filling out this form going to help my student? Maybe you can convince me. Give specifics on how it will help HS students.

From where I sit I’m not sure how I am going to hurt my students. FCPS going to cut course offerings - check they’ve already done that (no Latin at our FCPS high school now, Multivariable is no longer a DE class). FCPS is going to ask me to fund “extras” - check they’ve already done that ($400 state conference bill is sitting on my desk right now) and at least I can control how those are funds are spent. I spend a lot of money on outside tutors so that my kids are well educated and prepared for life.

I can only hope that lack of federal funding will cause FCPS to really look at what they are spending their money on and get back to the basics.

They need to get out of the social engineering business and focus on educating kids. I don’t need the endless FCPS lawyer bills, independent investigations, surveys, studies, etc. And who do they hire for these surveys? They are always slanted and not objective at all.

In years past, FCPS received c. $3M in impact aid from the federal government. This is $3M that FCPS then has available to educate your child. If it does not get the $3M from the feds it either (1) cuts services like Latin offered to your child or (2) raises your taxes so it can offer services. In the meantime, other school districts in the country without petulant parents are filing to get their impact aid, which then makes you wonder why schools in “flyover” states can have nice buildings.

Huh.

If it was 3 million this year, at least a 3rd of that would have been blown on rezoning, with a 1/2 million dollar no bid contract, plus all the overtime paid to the 2-3 dozen fcps employees st every meeting.

Does 3 million even cover the locker room/bathroom/boys in girls sports lawsuit? Or the countless other frivolous or political lawsuits that FCPS regularly engages in?

I really haven't seen FCPS manage their money well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please fill them out. The school district gets money for all children of active duty them trying military and federal government workers. It’s free money. It is not impacted by the shut down. It’s important please fill them out.

Except FCPS does not direct that money to the schools with military connected atudents as intended.

It goes into the general fund, away from the military connected students.

FCPS is wasting money on political lawsuits and unnecessary rezoning/consultants right now. That is where their priorities lie, not with students.

If the impact aide money went directly into the classrooms, or proportionally to the schools with military connected students, that would be one thing. But why would anyone fill out the form when the money is just going to go to things completely unrelated to military connected kids or the students at large?

General fund money goes to all the schools. General fund money funds those schools where the military and fed students are attending. You sound like the crazy people who don't pay taxes because some of it is spent on things you don't personally use.

This money does not go where it is intended to go.

It is intended to go to the school system that is funding resources for all these extra military kids without getting tax money to support them. Military are exempt from things like the car tax while deployed here. It is not special money earmarked for only the military kids. It is meant to offset the extra expenses being incurred that are already not being supported.

Mind-boggling how so many parents don’t understand this. I know a military connected parent who refuses to fill out these things because of the transgender bathroom issue. But has three kids all in speech therapy.

If FCPS wasn't wasting money suing over this bathroom thing, then we could have our spdcial ed funds.

It is not complicated.

Give the boys access to the single stall bathrooms and let the girls have their all female locker rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please fill them out. The school district gets money for all children of active duty them trying military and federal government workers. It’s free money. It is not impacted by the shut down. It’s important please fill them out.

But we aren’t in the military or any of the situations on the form so why do I have to fill it out every year? Nothing applies to us, same for thousands of others.

If you are not military or a federal government employee, you check “none” and return it. If you are military or federal, then turn it in and get federal money for FCPS. That way, Fairfax County doesn’t have to raise taxes as much to pay for your children to get an education. NoVA complains incessantly about the amount of taxes paid especially compared to the rest of VA. You can bet that the rest of VA is filling out their federal impact forms to get money for its schools.

The rest of Virginia is not wasting money on stupid lawsuits or angering their families with an expensive, unnecessary county wide rezoning.

[Anonymous]

The part I find annoying is that it clearly says, if you are NOT connected NO NEED to fill out the form.

But we are nagged incessantly.

Just be redone to say: please fill this out to let us know, are you military connected or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few ways parents can get back at FCPS by hitting them in the pocket.

Lol! I like how you think

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few ways parents can get back at FCPS by hitting them in the pocket.

Lol! I like how you think

Without the additional military funding, FCPS will spend MORE of your tax money doing whatever they do.

So they’re really hitting you in the pocket.

[Anonymous]

What if FCPS first changes its calendar to reflect the working conditions of the people it wants to do its paperwork? No one cares about Federal employees bleeding money without getting paid to cover childcare in FCPS insane schedule, but has the nerve to ask for help getting more money? Yeah no thanks. Show some respect.