Editorial: Bill would siphon money from public schools

Editorial: Bill would siphon money from public schools

While Indiana Senate Bill 1, which would reduce property taxes, has gotten the lion's share of attention, other pieces of legislation would also have a profound effect on the state's public schools.

Legislators are attacking North Dakota public schools

Our North Dakota public schools are under attack. The attackers are the pro-privatization legislators who are pushing for a radical change to our state's educational system that will have dire consequences, especially for small and rural communities. Forcing all taxpayers to fund private and charter schools would drain public resources. Worse, it would drastically damage North Dakota’s small-town way of life, and likely force the closure of smal…

‘School choice’ will hurt Texas public schools, teachers

I have a deep and longstanding appreciation for public schools.

Ferdinand Councilman Ken Sicard: Legislature still hurts cities and towns - Dubois County Free Press, Inc.

Thank you for reading my previous article where I commented on the property tax reduction efforts of our Indiana Legislature. When I wrote the first article, the Senate had just revised this bill and my article did not reflect the latest updates. I did state that the revised bill went from disastrous to bad. Concerning... The post Ferdinand Councilman Ken Sicard: Legislature still hurts cities and towns appeared first on Dubois County Free Press…

Cities, Towns and the Second Half

As Indiana lawmakers are well into the second half of the legislative session, we checked in with Matt Greller, the head of Accelerate Indiana Municipalities, to see how things are looking from a local government perspective, particularly regarding property tax reform and government consolidation. The interview runs for about 18 minutes.

PRESS RELEASE: NH House and Senate Vote to Take More Public Money Away from Public Schools – NEA-NH

HB 115 and SB 295 Subsidize Private Education for Wealthy Families While NH Property Taxpayers Struggle to Fill in Gaps for Inadequate Public Education Funding CONCORD, NH – Today, the […]