Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?
Some are wailing that the no-new-taxes budget (formerly known as the DOGS budget) being considered by state legislators would cut $325 million from K-12 education. But even The Tennessean admits today its merely a matter of whether the money goes directly to schools or gets filtered through local bureaucracies first: The no-new-revenue budget "originally included $325 million in K-12 education cuts. Those may not be necessary if lawmakers are successful in shifting tax money sent to local governments to fund education." Translation: if the state doesn't send the money to the cities and counties, it will send it directly to the schools.