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Impacts of Amendment 2

According to the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy (WVCBP):

  • county governments would lose an estimated $138 million in revenue
  • municipal governments would lose an estimated $35 million
  • school districts would lose an estimated $209 million, after adjusting for anticipated impacts to the school aid formula
  • would give the state legislature control over 27 percent of total property tax revenue, eliminating a total of $515 million of local revenue
  • businesses, not individuals, would receive two-thirds of the proposed cuts.
CountySchool Excess and Bond Levy Revenue LossRegular Levy Loss After School Aid FormulaTotal School Loss
Not Made Up By
School Aid Formula
Total County
Funding Loss
Total Municipal Funding LossTotal County Impact
BARBOUR$0$339,908$339,908$1,182,540$175,136$1,697,584
BERKELEY$6,888,161$54,589$6,942,750$3,886,341$746,987$11,576,078
BOONE$2,210,839$390,966$2,601,805$1,989,275$214,637$4,805,717
BRAXTON$301,899$244,561$546,461$861,708$90,000$1,498,169
BROOKE$4,133,558$658,373$4,791,931$3,401,063$962,265$9,155,259
CABELL$9,957,500$937,685$10,895,185$7,810,842$2,691,748$21,397,775
CALHOUN$29,785$42,655$72,440$202,528$4,790$279,758
CLAY$93,518$51,013$144,531$179,744$9,321$333,596
DODDRIDGE$4,157,508$1,455,114$5,612,622$2,998,116$21,516$8,632,254
FAYETTE$2,065,177$342,235$2,407,411$1,873,628$416,305$4,697,344
GILMER$154,301$79,876$234,177$370,204$42,669$647,050
GRANT$376,367$247,164$623,531$870,881$54,719$1,549,131
GREENBRIER$2,157,052$758,717$2,915,769$1,577,974$481,892$4,975,635
HAMPSHIRE$416,751$194,188$610,939$784,697$39,722$1,435,358
HANCOCK$3,910,560$513,373$4,423,933$2,100,336$820,166$7,344,435
HARDY$266,416$214,629$481,045$760,430$164,387$1,405,862
HARRISON$7,304,693$1,808,973$9,113,667$6,553,743$2,821,109$18,488,519
JACKSON$4,257,709$752,530$5,010,239$3,656,656$396,962$9,063,857
JEFFERSON$3,534,132$516,828$4,050,960$1,887,158$395,040$6,333,158
KANAWHA$19,031,206$3,367,550$22,398,757$16,908,335$8,055,941$47,363,033
LEWIS$691,051$271,766$962,817$957,561$107,264$2,027,642
LINCOLN$247,745$44,184$291,929$213,309$8,890$514,128
LOGAN$3,664,343$648,003$4,312,346$3,370,557$272,382$7,955,285
MARION$4,084,381$748,728$4,833,109$3,295,979$845,227$8,974,315
MARSHALL$11,644,060$2,700,106$14,344,165$6,240,839$892,897$21,477,901
MASON$1,686,719$298,280$1,984,998$1,216,348$145,393$3,346,739
McDOWELL$1,693,379$299,458$1,992,837$1,055,134$157,136$3,205,107
MERCER$3,122,126$548,115$3,670,241$1,945,377$523,464$6,139,082
MINERAL$2,297,905$406,362$2,704,266$1,711,163$283,669$4,699,098
MINGO$1,855,200$194,131$2,049,331$1,085,046$199,671$3,334,048
MONONGALIA$8,127,801$1,279,728$9,407,529$6,044,663$1,633,104$17,085,296
MONROE$513,443$70,210$583,653$439,898$28,409$1,051,960
MORGAN$551,734$139,127$690,861$490,659$29,569$1,211,089
NICHOLAS$1,298,304$293,477$1,591,781$1,226,271$284,194$3,102,246
OHIO$5,901,822$1,386,754$7,288,576$2,916,651$1,623,997$11,829,224
PENDLETON$0$83,202$83,202$293,163$16,756$393,121
PLEASANTS$1,942,439-$352,397$1,590,042$1,004,635$175,907$2,770,584
POCAHONTAS$0$134,201$134,201$472,856$33,847$640,904
PRESTON$1,733,375$366,781$2,100,156$1,398,991$245,385$3,744,532
PUTNAM$6,306,292$1,037,435$7,343,728$2,958,340$566,647$10,868,715
RALEIGH$6,036,562$1,146,836$7,183,397$4,595,151$880,781$12,659,329
RANDOLPH$0$445,819$445,819$1,436,152$295,563$2,177,534
RITCHIE$853,571$228,988$1,082,560$1,176,807$72,388$2,331,755
ROANE$130,761$114,868$245,629$584,743$49,530$879,902
SUMMERS$0$72,955$72,955$257,055$58,139$388,149
TAYLOR$931,035$329,288$1,260,323$1,518,053$154,708$2,933,084
TUCKER$0$165,464$165,464$603,789$91,251$860,504
TYLER$3,752,124$1,372,793$5,124,917$2,396,782$77,705$7,599,404
UPSHUR$929,602$377,649$1,307,251$1,352,321$263,580$2,923,152
WAYNE$3,267,231$297,690$3,564,921$1,806,983$370,790$5,742,694
WEBSTER$0$102,792$102,792$362,186$35,960$500,938
WETZEL$6,379,527$1,207,747$7,587,273$4,152,947$366,768$12,106,988
WIRT$196,118$38,526$234,643$196,415$9,304$440,362
WOOD$6,704,246$971,305$7,675,551$4,395,109$2,684,208$14,754,868
WYOMING$1,941,875$203,200$2,145,074$1,135,739$129,368$3,410,181
STATE TOTAL$158,106,289$31,337,244$189,443,533$124,163,871$32,219,163$346,759,432