Lincoln Chafee: “I call this amendment the Property Tax Relief Amendment of 2006. This…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2006

I call this amendment the Property Tax Relief Amendment of 2006. This amendment moves funding of IDEA to 20 percent of the cost of a municipality, only 20 percent of the promised 40-percent goal set in 1975. Schools account for the majority of property taxes and special education costs are rising much faster than inflation. If we fund this to 20 percent, it will go right down to the property tax payer. We all know the property tax is one of the most difficult taxes of all we pay. I urge passage of this amendment.

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Rhode Island

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