[Peace-discuss] Fw: hb 174 - Time-dated request!!

[Jenifer Cartwright]

The second part of the statement is 
"Education, including higher education would get steady state funding.  People concerned about fair, equitable education funding have been working for this for years!"
I took this to mean that schools would be funded from income tax collected statewide and dispersed equitably statewide -- rather than funded from property tax and dispersed w/in the districts where those taxes were collected. 
 --Jenifer


--- On Sun, 5/31/09, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: hb 174 - Time-dated request!!
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 9:33 PM


So please educate a stupid man.  In what sense is the following statement true?  "So the bill would shift the burden of funding K-12 education from property taxes to an income tax which would be a lot fairer in poorer districts."



On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:














The highlights of an email just received -- more extensive details are below:
 
The bill [to fund public education from income- rather than property tax] is before the House right now.  Please contact your representative today [yes, Sun, May 31st] – THE VOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY [Sunday, May 31st] -- to tell her/him that you support House Bill 174.  Naomi Jakobsson’s phone number is 217-558-1009.  If you live in another district, go to http://www.ilga.gov/house/ to find the contact information for the Springfield office. 
 --Jenifer


--- On Sun, 5/31/09, Jenny Barrett <jbarrett at cyrus.psych.uiuc.edu> wrote:





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Hi, all, 
    I have some exciting news from Springfield.  First, thanks to all of you who called your legislators; the proposals that would have impacted our pensions negatively and underfunded them even more are dead.  Second, the Senate passed a tax bill that would (language from the Legislature web site http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=0174&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=40191&SessionID=76&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=96 )

Provides that certain amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the income tax rate for individuals, trusts, and estates from 3% to 5%. Increases the income tax rate for corporations from 4.8% to 7.2%. Increases the residential real property tax credit from 5% to 10%. Increases the limitation on the education expense credit from $500 to $1,000. Increases the percentage of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal tax credit to 15% in 2009 and thereafter. 

So the bill would shift the burden of funding K-12 education from property taxes to an income tax which would be a lot fairer in poorer districts.  Property owners and low income people would get tax credits.  Education, including higher education would get steady state funding.  People concerned about fair, equitable education funding have been working for this for years!

The bill is before the House right now.  Please contact your representative today – THE VOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY -- to tell her/him that you support House Bill 174.  Naomi Jakobsson’s phone number is 217-558-1009.  If you live in another district, go to http://www.ilga.gov/house/ to find the contact information for the Springfield office. 

Thanks, 
Jenny 


Senior Research Programmer, Psychology 
453B Psychology 
University of Illinois 

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Jenny Barrett
Sr Research Programmer
Psychology, University of Illinois
603 E Daniel
Champaign IL 61820
www.psych.uiuc.edu/~jbarrett







      
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