According to his logic, the only districts that acted responsibly were those that lowered taxes by at least the amount of their total STAR exemptions. Nor does it consider increases in health insurance premiums, staff raises, building construction and rehabilitation needs, and the considerable costs of attaining the higher learning standards. His proposed cap on district spending increases is even more insulting. It implies that voters statewide approved 93 percent of their district budgets on the first vote the past two years only because they didn't understand the budgets before them. The governor also erred by implying that too little education spending ends up in the classroom.
School boards have their priorities straight.
Finally there is the governor's proposal to turn over governance of the Big 5 school systems to City Hall, as if City Hall had always been a paragon of good government. While the impact may seem isolated, it would in fact diminish the stature of all local boards of education. Then we will call on you, the elected school board members, to intercede with your elected representatives. All rights reserved.