Hypocritical #Kansas @GOP lawmakers tell public schools how to beg for more money
Hypocrites indeed!
Hypocritical #Kansas @GOP lawmakers tell public schools how to beg for more money http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article31561958.html
.....And because $15 million has been requested, someone has to draw the line somewhere on who’s going to get that money.
Next week, Gov. Sam Brownback and eight leaders of the Legislature will make that decision.
“Specifically, please provide five ways that your school district has increased efficiencies especially those that have led to better outcomes in the classroom over the past three years,” the letter said.
Wait a minute.
These four are among the lawmakers who have refused to put in place any kind of evaluation of how “efficiently” several hundred thousand businesses are using millions of dollars in income tax breaks they are getting, courtesy of Brownback and Co.
In fact, Kansas schools are being harmed by the great revenue shortfall that has resulted from these income tax breaks — even while it’s clear the cuts have not created a large number of jobs and tax revenue, as Brownback promised in 2012.
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