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October 23, 2008 by
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A friend of mine that is a school superintendent always grumps and grouses when I push him to open up his school’s books to taxpayers. He’s generally a good government guy, and has even lobbied for sunshine legislation in other areas, but seems to have a real problem with demands for school transparency. My argument to him is always this: Using our education dollars wisely, including through competitive bidding and purging wasteful expenditures, increases the value each student receives through those tax monies. More efficiency = more dollars in classrooms = better education for the next generation of leaders. Apparently, I am not the only one that feels this way.
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More money is great, right? Well, not so fast.
Groups like , , , and the as well as many legislators and newspapers have come out against the initiative because they say it would bankrupt the state and put existing projects and proposals on the chopping block. Another, very important reason these groups are in opposition is because does not currently require transparency in education dollars, leaving taxpayers in the dark on how their money is spent now. No new transparency will be required with the new proposal- just more money.
The sums it up well: (I’m borrowing liberally- hope the ed board doesn’t mind…)
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If the OEA wants more credibility, they need to be open to taxpayers. If they need suggestions on how to do this, check out the and the ‘s .
Read unbiased information about the OEA HOPE ballot initiative .