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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

New Law Gives You a Say in School Tax Hikes

In 2006, when the legislature provided for referenda on any school budget that exceeds the rate of inflation, there ere so many holes in the law that instead of "Act 1," it should have been called the Swiss Cheese Law. With the state budget enacted on Thursday night, most of those exceptions have been removed.

Except for special education and pensions costs, and debts on construction projects begun before 2005, every tax hike that is higher than the rate of inflation, will be decided by voters.

4 comments:

brenda said...

Finally! I will head to the polls and vote NO!

Anonymous said...

Gotta love it..The State has finally found a way to destroy education..You cut millions from the state budget for education and then tell the districts they cant raise taxes without consent..Why doesnt Corbett just cut all education funding and also not allow any exceptions..Then we can have one teacher teachiong 10,000 kids..In fact, no need for schools. Just stream it to their computers..Also stream in Fox News so they can remain completely ignorant

Anonymous said...

Of course, the trough feeders left pensions off the table. Once the citizenry got started on teachers' pensions, it would be only a matter of time until the elected oinkers lost the ability to feather their own nests.

Anonymous said...

Oh the horror! Teachers will have to pay their fair share for benefits just like the rest of us low class working slobs.

What will the elite do now that the people who pay taxes have a say?