04.20.06
State Republican Leadership Is Out To Get Public Education
I hit on this yesterday but we more from JAB, Highland Park Windfall Proposal Will End School Funding:
A procedural rule will be introduced tomorrow in the House as the first frontal assault on teachers, schools, and school districts. The rule will dictate the procedure of the house and will regulate amendments, costs, and most importantly the required focus of the legislation.
The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that the current property tax is an unconstitutional statewide property tax. Now, Austin is in a frenzy trying to fix the problem and “get out of dodge.”
If legislators vote for the proposed rule tomorrow, they will be voting for restricting House Bill 1 (The Highland Park Windfall Proposal) to only taxation issues and will not address school funding.
This will mandate that no amendment can be offered to increase teacher pay, no new textbooks, no funding for school facilities, no teacher health insurance, and no extra funding for transportation during these time of extraordinary gas prices.
It is time to hold the legislature accountable to teachers and students. It is time for our elected officials to focus their attention on school funding and not just creating huge windfalls for Highland Park, Alamo Heights, or Bellaire while forgetting Edgewood, Houston, Dallas, or the thousands of other school districts.
By voting for a rule tomorrow, they are saying no to education for potentially the next decade!
Amazing. I hear it’s pushed by Craddick, likely to be introduced by Woolley.
Not so hot for teacher at Common Sense said,
April 20, 2006 at 1:13 pm
[…] My sources (I don’t really have sources, I just read it on other blogs) tell me that tomorrow a rule will be introduced limiting amendments to HB 1 so that teacher pay raise and school funding cannot be considered. They really are trying to keep this strictly about cutting property taxes. […]