Audit says tax incentive doesn’t significantly affect schools, but questions persist

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A tax incentive used to redevelop property is not having a significant effect on school funding and enrollment, according to a limited study by legislative auditors.

A new audit of six tax increment financing districts - where new tax revenues are used to offset development costs - estimated that most of them would produce more tax revenue for schools than they would have otherwise received without the incentive.

The audit examined six TIF districts in five cities: Overland Park, Topeka, Wichita, Salina and . . .

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