Sentences with phrase «onto local taxpayers»

Senate Democrats called out the proposed shift of the costs of the unaccountable voucher program onto local taxpayers.

Posted on May 28, 2017 · The two - year package includes extra funding for foster care and mental health, but shifts more of public school costs onto local taxpayers.

This has not only undermined local education opportunities, but has pushed costs onto local taxpayers.

It would jeopardize hundreds of billions of dollars each year in new debt financing, and would push more construction and labor costs onto local taxpayers.

Not exact matches

We keep losing people Part of it's because of our high property taxes and part that is because Albany has designed a program where they shift part of the cost onto local property taxpayers.»

«We live in a state that forces more of its state spending down onto local property taxpayers than most states in America,» Molinaro said.

While protecting charter schools, who proved to be among his largest campaign donors, Malloy's new spending plan actually includes a variety of significant cuts to public education programs including a $ 15 million cut in the school transportation grant which will simply shift the burden for those costs onto local property taxpayers.

Both governors have refused to adequately fund public schools, which has shifted more and more of the burden for paying for public education onto the backs of local property taxpayers.

To eliminate RESC's would be disastrous for Connecticut's schools, so it is important to see Malloy's budget scam for what it is — simply dumping responsibility to fully fund the Regional Education Service Centers onto the backs of local taxpayers.