Diane Ravitch on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Diane Ravitch on Melissa Harris-Perry

MEA - Like the Cop on the Beat

• Senate Bills 89-90 and House Bill 4234, which would eliminate the sales and use taxes on the difference between the value of a trade-in and new vehicle, resulting in a $152 million loss in school aid
• Senate Bills 142-143, which would eliminate sales and use taxes on prewritten software, causing up to $11 million in lost school revenue
• House Bill 4135, which would eliminate the requirement to pay local school operating mills on foreclosed properties and result in up to $42 million in lost school funding
• House Bill 4572, which would eliminate the sales tax on aviation fuel and reduce school funding by up to $41 million

Snyder is campaigning on having increased school funding! Slashing it by billions, then giving a tiny bit back is disingenuous at best. Then, with these bills, they will try to cut the School Aid Fund even more. Without the MEA we would never know about this kind of thing until it is too late.