Our state is pathetic. According to Arne Duncan, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Pennsylvania schools have the largest spending gap between rich and poor districts OF ANY STATE. That’s right. We rank at the bottom, below Mississippi and Arkansas, with the largest gap between rich and poor districts.
This is because of our reliance on property tax for funding schools. Rich districts, like Parkland, with high property values,have a lower property tax rate, but the money rolls in. Poor districts like Panther Valley, with low property values, can’t raise much money even with high property tax rates.
Republicans in Pennsylvania, in charge of both houses of the state legislature with a Republican governor, did nothing in the last two years.
Governor Wolf is proposing major changes in the way schools are funded, but the Republican legislature, led by people like Rep. Heffley, seem to be opposed to any meaningful reforms. In the meantime, our economy stagnates in large part because our workforce is not educated. What a legislature. What a group of losers.
They all know that us voters are irritated with high property taxes and every election they use it in there reelection campaigns and get reelected over and over and the voters keep falling for the same time after time.
ReplyDeletePerhaps its time for all property tax payers to just stop and not pay there taxes anymore. They cannot take everyone's homes and throw us all in jail.