The education sales tax figures in August show a slight jump over July in two of three area school districts in Pottawatomie County and for the DA Justice Center, the Pottawatomie County Treasurer’s office reports.
The figures for August are based on retail sales throughout the county during June of 2020.
The Pottawatomie County education sales tax of .495 percent went into effect July 1, 2016 following approval by county voters in November of 2015.
The June taxes were submitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission in July and distributed back to the county in August.
County Treasurer Wendy Magnus reported the August amount for the McLoud School District is $50,601.59.
In July, the figure was $50,906.49. That’s a decline of around $300.
McLoud has received a total of $357,996.87 from the tax so far in 2020.
Dale School District’s August amount is $24,141.79. The July check was for $23,898.78. That’s a jump of $243.01.
Dale’s total from the tax this calendar year is $168,452.89.
The figure for the North Rock Creek School District in August is $27,275.71. In July, it was $22,408.60.
It jumped $4,867.11 over July’s figure.
Total for 2020 through eight months from the tax is $162,588.48.
The Justice Center’s check in August is $3,866.97. The amount in July was $3,812.29, up $54.68.
The total for the calendar year for the Justice Center from the sales tax is $26,887.18.
The amount directed monthly to each of the schools’ accounts is based on average daily attendance from last year that is submitted to the county treasurer each August.
The amounts schools are now receiving are based on the 2019-2020 school year, Magnus said.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation this month made its third distribution of the calendar year to the three schools and the Justice Center as a partial match to the sales tax.
The August distribution to each of the schools and the Justice Center in August is the first figure and the total amount contributed by the CPN is the second figure.
They include: McLoud, $7,319.12, $22,010.52; Dale, $3,491.92, $10,389.01; North Rock Creek School, $3,945.22, $10,412.25; the Justice Center, $559.33, $1,659.54.