Group estimates property tax impact of Evers' 400-year veto

The useful part

(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin advocacy group has attempted to estimate the impact of Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year school funding veto by creating a tool to estimate the property tax impact of the $325 per pupil funding increase allowance. Voters will have the chance to eliminate a governor's partial veto power by blocking its use to "create or increase or authorize the creation or increase of any tax or fee" with a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

How it works

• Since the amount local taxpayers pay for schools also depends on state funding levels, the estimator assumes that state funding will remain the same throughout the years.
• For someone who owns a $250,000 appraised home in the Milwaukee School District, the property tax increase would be $479 through this school year and $958 by 2030-31.
• Those in the Madison Metropolitan School District would have seen a $188 increase though this school year and would see a $366 increase due to the veto by 2030-31 on the same value home.
• In Green Bay, the owner of a $250,000 home would have seen a $408 increase through this fall and $816 through 2030-31.