LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCENARIOS
Master local government funding! Match revenue sources to real-world scenarios.
Read through each scenarios and then use the Local Tax Revenue chart to decide which type of tax is best used to fund the scenario. Meadowcreek High School has too many students and is overcrowded. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) would like to build a new high school to relieve this school. However, in order for GCPS to build this school, they need a new source of revenue. Which type of revenue is the BEST fit for this type of project? Why is this the best fit? Seventeen new subdivisions (428 homes) are scheduled to be built in the next 2 years near McClure High School. Gwinnett Emergency services (fire, police, paramedics) will have large expenditures to connect these subdivisions to the emergency network. Which type of revenue source is the BEST source to fund these upgrades? Why is this the best source The Georgia Dome is old. The Atlanta Falcons are looking to build a new stadium called Mercedes-Benz Stadium, however they don’t want to fund it entirely themselves. They would like for visitors to the city of Atlanta to help fund this new stadium without impacting the local residents as much. Which type of revenue source is the BEST source for this new stadium funding? Why is this the best source?