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Lottery Funds
* In his budget, Gov. George Allen proposes to return $15 million .in lottery profits to the localities. Rappahannock’s share of that $15 million is $7,100. ; This is supposed to be the state’s share of $24.20 per student. In Rappahannock’s case the state share amounts to a little more than $7 I per student. !
According to an analysis of the proposal made available by the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo), Culpeper County’s share is $76,300, Fauquier County’s is $86,400, Madison County’s is $37,500, Page County’s is $57,800 and Warren County’s is $67,000. All those counties are clearly getting more than $7 per student, although Fauquier County’s is not much more.
Del. Jay Katzen said the lottery proceeds would be distributed according to a “new formula.” This looks suspiciously like the old formula for state aid for education known as the Local Composite Index (LCI). This formula greatly exaggerates Rappahannock’s wealth when it comes to supporting education.
County citizens should vigorously oppose any plan to distribute lottery profits which does not give them equally .to all counties based on school-aged population or students in average daily membership. When the state runs the funds through a formula that attempts to include a locality’s “ability to pay,” Rappahannock County always comes out the loser.
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