Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Kasich's Tax Plan Would Destroy Schools

The good people over at OhioDaily have the data on what would happen to public schools in the state if John Kasich becomes governor and then cuts the state income tax.

This new information is from the Legislative Service Commission. This information below is only a partial list from the OhioDailyblog:

...The list below shows the amount individual districts receive today. Row 1 shows the loss in state aid in the first year. Row 2 shows the loss in state and federal aid. Row 3 shows the loss in state aid once the income tax is fully phased out....

Westerville (John Kasich’s home)
Est. state aid FY11 : $32,005,355
No. 1 (3.2% cut) : $30,995,458
No. 2 (10.2% cut) : $28,743,984
No. 3 (full phase in; 31.6% cut) : $21,906,386

Green (Mary Taylor’s home)
Est. state aid FY11 : $10,603,557
No. 1 (3.2% cut) : $10,266,972
No. 2 (10.2% cut) : $9,523,046
No. 3 (full phase in; 31.6% cut) : $7,257,711


I live near Westerville and I'm sure that the parents of students in the Westerville schools would not be happy to see what would happen to their district's funding if Kasich's cockamamie idea becomes law. Parents in every public school district in the state have continued to carry the financial burden with levies because Republicans have failed to fix the school funding in the state. This kind of plan would just be devastating to parents, teachers, and students. Obviously, this is Kasich's way of destroying the public schools and rewarding his pals who own charter schools.

Even though the numbers for all the districts are not available, we can just imagine the disaster. A vote for Kasich is a vote to destroy our schools.