The state representative for Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown and Limerick is one of 13 House members charged with exploring alternatives to property taxes that would pay for public education.
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Quigley Named To House Property Tax Study Committee
Posted on 03 August 2012.
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Some May Still Lose In Dumping School Property Taxes
Posted on 27 July 2012.
State senators on the Finance Committee agonized Thursday over who would win, and who would lose, if Pennsylvania cuts or eliminates school real estate taxes in favor of higher income and sales taxes.
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School District Tax Reform Bill Dies In Committee
Posted on 12 June 2012.
It would have replaced school district property taxes in Pennsylvania with increases in personal income and sales taxes. Legislators voiced several concerns and voted to table it.
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As Building Costs Rise, Schools Want Wage Law To End
Posted on 23 March 2012.
School districts across the state, particularly those who face the prospect of building more classrooms to accommodate growing populations, want the Legislature to lift the burden of having to comply with the prevailing wage law.
Posted in Education, Politics, Real EstateComments (3)
Secretary: Ed Fund Plan 'Not An Option'
Posted on 29 May 2009.
HARRISBURG PA – A Pennsylvania Senate proposal that would use federal economic stimulus money earmarked for school districts to instead plug a deficit gap in the state budget was decried Thursday (May 28, 2009) by the state’s education secretary as a move that would “shortchange our children, halt … academic gains and threatens … global competitiveness of [...]
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