[widowithfoursons]

I think Monroeville did 1.5% municipal to schools back then. It was still too much of PROPERTY TAX for people who had no vested intersest in the school system. Most of the folks I knew sent their kids to private school.

[HamiltonJay]

Well, don't know when you lived there, so can't say... from my understanding unless they have special exhemptions (home rule charter etc) from the state legislature no local municipality and school district can charge more than a combined total of 1% on income. The city of Pittsburgh obviously has an exemption, but even it must go to the state to raise its income tax.