House wants schools funding option
Voters could give school systems a new source of revenue under legislation that cleared the House on Friday by a vote of 136 to 19. The legislation calls for a constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would broaden the uses for the education sales tax, also referred to as the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax or ESPLOST). Currently, the money has to be earmarked for construction projects. But the constitutional amendment would allow school boards to put before local voters an ESPLOST that would earmark the proceeds to pay maintenance and operation expenses or reduce property rates, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Butch Parrish (R-Swainsboro).
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Keith
March 26th, 2010
7:31 pm
Huge mistake!
ScienceTeacher671
March 27th, 2010
9:45 am
Might be useful…our system is proceeding with all sorts of construction projects, even while furloughing teachers and increasing class sizes. When citizens object, they say they have no choice because the money comes from different “pots” and can’t be moved from one to another.
Garry Owen
March 29th, 2010
2:03 pm
For once someone in the state legislature has an idea to help education and not hurt education. My local BOE faces the same situation Science Teacher671. The money is there but cannot be moved into areas as needed.