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ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER: ATTORNEYS FOR RESPONDENT: RANDAL J. KALTENMARK GREGORY F. ZOELLER ZIAADDIN MOLLABASHY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIANA JEFFERY J. QUALKINBUSH TIMOTHY A. SCHULTZ LARRY J. STROBLE JOHN D. SNETHEN BARNES & THORNBURG LLP DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis, IN _____________________________________________________________________

IN THE INDIANA TAX COURT
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PIKE TOWNSHIP,

FILED
Dec 27 2011, 2:26 pm
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

_____________________________________________________________________ CLERK ) ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 49T10-1103-TA-21 ) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ) FINANCE, ) ) Respondent. ) _____________________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM A FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE _____________________________________________________________________ FOR PUBLICATION December 27, 2011 WENTWORTH, J. The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township (the School District) appeals the Department of Local Government Finance's (DLGF) final determination recalculating its capital projects fund ("CPF") levy property tax rate for 2011. The appeal presents one issue for this Court to decide: whether the DLGF's recalculation was correct. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The School District is a public school corporation located in Marion County,

Indiana. On October 18, 2010, the School District adopted its proposed budget for 2011 and submitted it to the DLGF for approval. As part of that budget proposal, the School District estimated the property tax rate necessary to generate its CPF levy. On January 21, 2011, the DLGF notified the School District that, inter alia, it was reducing the School District's estimated CPF levy property tax rate pursuant to the formula provided in Indiana Code

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