Committee for Levy Equalization

Neal Kirby, 360-330-1392; neal_kirby@comcast.net, March 7, 2010

Federal Forest Dollars Should Remain in Qualified Districts

The federal government sends money to over 200 school districts in the state where the government has
forest land which is taken out of the tax base. The money is to address the impact of the shrinking timber
industry and lost revenues. Below is listed districts that collect $8,000 or more in 2010 from this allotment.
This money is similar to federal impact aid that districts with military bases, federal dams, or reservations
receive with one BIG DIFFERENCE: The state deducts state education funding equal to the amount of
federal forest dollars these districts receive, so the net gain is $0. It doesn't do so for federal impact aid.
The Committee for Levy Equalization has decided to begin lobbying both in Washington State and in
Washington D.C. to forbid the state from deducting state education funding due to the federal timber dollars
a school district receives. For some school districts this is insignficant money, but for many it would be a
big shot in the arm. In any event, these dollars belong to these districts and should remain there.
Please contact your congressman to include a clause in federal law similar to that for federal impact aid
that bans state education fund cuts due to timber dollars and contact state legislators to end this practice.
2010 timber dollars 2010 timber dollars 2010 timber dollars 2010 timber dollars
Asotin King Okanogan Snohomish (cont)
Clarkston $41,796 Seattle $142,107 Nespelem $18,369 Monroe $58,917
Asotin-Anatone $9,586 Federal Way $67,972 Omak $208,128 Snohomish $73,652
Chelan Enumclaw $14,420 Okanogan $131,368 Lakewood $18,690
Manson $47,175 Mercer Island $12,901 Brewster $117,827 Sultan $16,161
Entiat $27,114 Highline $56,125 Pateros $37,966 Granite Falls $16,961
Lake Chelan $107,512 Renton $43,987 Methow Valley $65,919 Stanwood-Camano $38,201
Cashmere $112,694 Bellevue $54,870 Tonasket $133,505 Stevens
Cascade $93,239 Tukwila $9,058 Oroville $77,194 Chewelah $19,644
Wenatchee $601,807 Riverview $9,984 Pend Oreille Wellpinit $12,260
Clallam Auburn $45,435 Newport $269,015 Valley $19,833
Port Angeles $294,711 Tahoma $22,880 Cusick $75,650 Colville $54,625
Crescent $25,963 Snoqualmie Valley $18,636 Selkirk $69,443 Mary Walker $11,714
Sequim $206,491 Issaquah $51,936 Pierce Kettle Falls $20,000
Cape Flattery $33,476 Shoreline $28,044 Steilacoom Hist. $11,922 Whatcom
Quillayute Valley $299,894 Lake Washington $75,292 Puyallup $48,610 Bellingham $283,606
Columbia Kent $84,042 Tacoma $64,539 Ferndale $137,887
Dayton $144,857 Northshore $60,667 University Place $12,635 Blaine $57,304
Cowlitz Kittitas Sumner $18,272 Lynden $73,750
Longview $61,780 Thorp $11,520 Clover Park $25,916 Meridan $56,006
Castle Rock $12,310 Ellensburg $214,660 Peninsula $20,691 Nooksack Valley $43,022
Kalama $9,191 Kittitas $51,636 Franklin Pierce $17,026 Mount Baker $55,594
Woodland $19,084 Cle Elum-Roslyn $65,908 Bethel $39,736 Yakima
Kelso $45,050 Klickitat White River $9,346 Union Gap $14,976
Ferry Goldendale $19,935 Skagit Naches Valley $35,617
Keller $8,408 White Salmon $23,179 Concrete $16,124 Yakima $375,457
Curlew $72,529 Lewis Burlington Edison $97,860 East Valley (Yak) $69,049
Orient $69,855 Napavine $124,654 Sedro Woolley $106,330 Selah $84,060
Inchelium $61,192 Mossyrock $97,495 Anacortes $67,777 Mabton $23,794
Republic $123,823 Morton $52,819 La Conner $16,295 Grandview $85,819
Garfield Adna $94,751 Conway $10,596 Sunnyside $147,404
Pomeroy $85,820 Winlock $122,544 Mt Vernon $151,664 Toppenish $86,828
Grays Harbor Boistfort $13,648 Skamania* Highland $28,938
Aberdeen $73,720 Toledo $141,595 Skamania $41,914 Granger $37,002
Hoquiam $43,803 Onalaska $145,154 Mount Pleasant $33,150 Zillah $33,692
North Beach $14,896 Pe Ell $49,327 Mill A $44,962 Wapato $81,332
Montesano $27,949 Chehalis $434,997 Stevenson-Carson $1,052,887 West Valley (Yak) $122,088
Elma $38,534 Centralia $547,236 Snohomish Mount Adams $24,271
Ocosta $15,610 Mason Everett $139,942
Jefferson Shelton $134,645 Lake Stevens $58,026 *For Skamania County, these
Brinnon $13,297 Pioneer $22,481 Mukilteo $109,708 dollars represent a reduction
Quilcene $117,815 North Mason $69,641 Edmonds $150,856 in basic education equal
Chimacum $459,271 Hood Canal $10,192 Arlington $40,662 to 30% of their timber dollars,
Port Townsend $562,443 Marysville $85,221 an exception to the rule.
010 timber dollars