Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
April 19, 2024
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A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
If the goal is to fight obesity then why does it apply to beverages that don’t have sugar added? Seems to me if that is the desired outcome they need to double the tax on sweetened drinks and lift it entirely on diet soda.
It will also help as they will have less money to spend on food. Better to revise what you can get with EBTs that is why many low income are overweight.
Can u buy soda with EBT?
Yes. http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligible-food-items
According to the doc below, SNAP retailers cannot charge state or local sales taxes on eligible items purchased with SNAP benefits. So since cola is eligible for SNAP benefits, I don’t think Preckwinkle’s soda tax would apply for SNAP users. And if that’s the case, I don’t think it’s going to curb soda consumption for overweight, low income folks.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/Retailer_Training_Guide.pdf
Another well planned theft…..