All I can say is, if any of you people who voted for him last November were expecting enlightened leadership, this is proof that you were wrong. And we'll be paying the price for generations.
The man claims the budget increases spending for education. While this is TRUE, there is a slight increase in spending over the 2 year budget, it's NOT the full story.
But tangible property tax reimbursement? A key part of many district budgets? He's speeding up the elimination of that revenue. Sucking away a HUGE source of income from many districts, especially those districts getting 2% of their income from that source (that money is being eliminated right away).
There's also this pesky problem with Federal money. Stimulus money was being used by a lot of districts to plug gaps in budgets...that money is gone. And with the attitude in Washington, I don't think any more aid is forthcoming (nor should Congress send more money...this is a state and local issue, not a Federal one). But the Federal money is gone, and it was keeping a lot of districts from collapse. Kasich's answer to that? "It's not a good idea to operate on one-time money."
By now, it should be clear why Kasich is pushing SB 5 so hard. The only way schools will be able to lay off enough expensive teachers is by breaking the union.
Well! I feel good about raising children in this state, don't you?
