Storm clouds and bad bills are brewing at the State Capitol
Why does Senator Karin Housley want to use the power of the legislature to give taxing authority to school boards across Minnesota? According to the bill summary, SF76 would give school boards the authority to levy the amount necessary to implement their approved ten-year facility plan beginning in fiscal year 2020 without voter approval. Do we really want to give these people the authority to raise taxes without a levy?
District 833 School Board Members
Leading South Washington County Schools
into a
$8.5 million deficit
I would trust these characters more than the school board characters!
Powerful special interest groups are the political machines driving education legislation in Minnesota. The Association of Metropolitan School Districts is an organization composed of 39 K-12 school districts, 4 intermediate/educational cooperative districts and 3 integration districts. School board members and superintendents are indoctrinated.....er....educated, to advocate for metropolitan school districts and advance legislation as, "one voice." AMSD’s primary task is to lobby at the state level for the needs of metropolitan school districts. You and I don't have a paid lobbyist and are powerless when legislators like Housley do the bidding of powerful special interest groups.
AMSD's legislative platform for 2015 includes:
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
FUNDING:
- Increase the basic formula allowance by at least 4% per year for the next biennium and index the formula for inflation in the future.
- Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials.
- Allow locally elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level.
FACILITIESA “thorough and efficient” education funding system must also ensure that locally-elected school boards have the authority to preserve public assets and ensure safe and secure learning environments for students and staff. Toward that end, the Governor and Legislature should:
• Phase-in eligibility for the Alternative Facilities Program to all school districts by combining the existing Health and Safety and Deferred Maintenance Programs into the Alternative Facilities Program to ensure that school districts are able to preserve public assets and maintain safe learning environments for students, staff and citizens;
• Expand the allowable uses of the building lease levy to include remodeling of existing space, building additions for instructional space, and building modifications to enhance safety and security;
• Maintain additional allowances for members of intermediate, educational cooperative and joint powers districts to ensure the facilities needs of those districts are addressed;
• Increase the operating capital revenue allowance, index it to inflation and expand the allowable uses of operating capital revenue.
According to The Minnesota Watchdog , SF76 would "essentially strip voters of a right they have enjoyed for many years."
Chief authors of SF76 are Senators Dahle, Housley, Kent, Stumpf, and Wiger. These compliant legislators listen to agenda-driven special interest groups, like AMSD and their paid lobbyists, but ignore the voters. The RINO providing bipartisan support for SF76 is Senator Karin Housley.
and
March
PUCK
of the
Month
Nominee
Please call Senator Housley and congratulate her on her nomination for MN Hockey Mama's, March, 2015, PUCK of the Month. Way to go, Senator Housley!
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When Republicans can't take the heat and stay true to their conservative values, a RINO is born. This classic scene depicts the birth of John Boehner, Karin Housley, Tom Emmer and many more. Enjoy! | ||||||
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
• Fully fund the state special education funding formula to reduce the special education cross-subsidy
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
• Fully fund the state special education funding formula to reduce the special education cross-subsidy
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
FUNDING
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
• Increase the basic formula allowance by at least four percent per year for the next biennium and index the formula to inflation in the future;
• Establish an index for local optional revenue to account for regional labor cost differentials;
• Allow locally-elected school boards to renew an existing operating referendum at the same level;
- See more at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
A
“thorough and efficient” education funding system must also ensure that
locally-elected school boards have the authority to preserve public
assets and ensure safe and secure learning environments for students and
staff. Toward that end, the Governor and Legislature should: - See more
at: http://www.amsd.org/2015-legislative-platform#sthash.rhd7myoR.dpuf
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