How many of these questions should Leander ISD seniors be able to answer?

  • What is the purpose of education?
  • How would you describe an educated person?
  • What is a bond election?
  • Who calls bond elections?
  • When are bond elections held?
  • Who can vote in a bond election?
  • What is the purpose of a bond election?
  • Who authorizes the issue of bonds?
  • Who buys bonds?
  • How are bonds repaid?
  • How do bond sales affect property tax rates?
  • What is a property tax rate?
  • What is an effective property tax rate?
  • What is the property tax rate based upon?
  • Who establishes the appraised value of taxable real estate?
  • Who pays property taxes?
  • What percentage of monthly property taxes paid by your parent(s)/guardian is for public debt service?
  • How do renters pay property taxes?
  • What is the impact of property taxes on retailers? How do they pass on their costs?
  • Who owns the debt (bonds) which must be repaid with property taxes?
  • What are the consequences for failure to pay property taxes?
  • What are the M&O and I&S portions of budgets?
  • If given a choice between giving up a cellular data plan (or even a smartphone altogether) or voting for a bond proposal that would increase your parent’s property taxes (or rent) on a pro-rated monthly amount equal to the amount of that cellular data plan, what would you choose?
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