EIT Tax Study Group Findings to be Presented Today

It is perhaps the hottest topic in T/E, or at least near the top of list of hot political issues looming for Tuesday's election. The proposed T/E School District Earned Income Tax (EIT) Tax Study Group will present its findings to the school board and the public at two separate public meetings today.

The first session at 1 p.m. will be at the school district's administraion offices, 940 West Valley Road. The second session will be at 7pm at

The volunteer spent much of as well as pubic comments on the possible and potential impact of a 1% EIT. T.

An announcement on the T/E District website encourages members of the public to attend so that they can make an informed decision if an EIT is put up for a public vote on the April 2012 primary ballot.

The T/E School Board would have to vote to put the question on the ballot. Several spots on the school board are up for election next Tuesday. The question of imposing an EIT is a hot button issue. All the candidates from both the Republican and Democrat parties have indicated either directly in public comments, in interviews with Patch, or through the local party leadership that they are "personally" opposed to the tax.

That is a different question than whether the tax proposal should even be put on the ballot. That is a question the school board would have to grapple with. It's one of the reasons the timing for the release of the findings is important, coming just five days before the school board elections.

Editor's note: An earlier version of the story reported that the 7pm meeting was at TE Middle School. It is at Valley Forge Middle School.  Patch regrets the error.