Much of the increase in cost is as a result of construction. Would not strengthening the Taj Mahal act help reduce spending that does not seem to lead to learning?
• Most of the crushing property tax burden borne by our taxpayers and the cause of the high cost of public education is borne by salaries, Federal Special Education mandates, and similar programs. However, the tremendous increase in property taxes in the past 5 years or so has increasingly been because of construction. In fact, the current long-term debt held by our 501 school districts is now over $24 Billion! Some legislators have been saying for the past four years that this debt albatross is like the horse coming around the outside of the track that overtakes the lead horse of teacher salaries as the leader of the property tax burden. If we do not overhaul the entire public education financial system soon and put immediate controls on spending, the system will be nearly impossible to stabilize. The Taj Mahal act is a good thing, but it does not work when the voters have no say. And, it does not work when the horse is already out of the barn. It is critical to understand that the SP
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