Ever wonder how money from Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Taxes are doled out in your school district in metro Atlanta? What schools have been built with the education penny-tax money?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution analyzed decades of E-SPLOST spending, which remains a critical source of money to build and renovate schools and for other school capital improvements.
In some districts, schools with a higher percentage of low-income and minority families are more likely to be stuck with dilapidated buildings, subpar technology and other problems that impede learning, while the majority of new schools have been built to serve more affluent populations in growing suburbs.
You can use these interactive graphics to see which schools in metro have been built with the penny sales tax and what their student populations are. Fulton, Atlanta Public Schools and DeKalb school systems have SPLOST resolutions up for vote on Tuesday.
Check out MyAjc.com this Sunday for more information about how E-SPLOST money has been spent.
And read the full story here, on myajc.com.
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