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By Chris Moesser
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The Legislature, in a whirlwind of activity during the final two weeks of the 1992 session, approved a new school finance plan that combines property tax relief with increases in state income and sales taxes.
The plan will drastically alter the way education is financed in Kansas. Supporters claim it will improve the opportunity of all children across the state to receive an equal education. Opponents have labeled the measure an economic disaster for the state.
Highlights of the bill include the introduction of a statewide 35-mill property tax levy by 1994, which will slash property tax revenue by an estimated $251 million. A mill is one dollar of tax per $1,000 of assessed property value.
The loss in revenue will be made up by an increase in the state sales tax, which jumped from 4.25 to 4.9 percent June 1. Additional measures include income tax increases on middle and upper-income taxpayers, and the elimination of sales tax exemptions for new construction.
The tax changes are expected to yield an overall revenue increase of $88 million.
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said the plan was a historic reform of education financing in
Shore cited statistics indicating that residents in his district would pay between $3,000 and $5,500 each in taxes under the new plan. The state average is around $1,000, he said.
"It will mean more educational opportunity more uniformly across the state," he said. "Ultimately, it is in the interests of all of us that children, regardless of where they are born in Kansas, have an equal opportunity to education."
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Shore said one town in his district, Satanta, had a revenue shortfall of $102,000 under the plan.
Sobach said the school finance plan would provide a significant tax reduction in most school districts. It is a progressive tax system, because people at upper income levels will be paying more under the new plan than those at lower income levels.
"They terminated four teachers and that's not fair," he said. "They can't keep their doors open and keep the same number of employees."
Shore said the reason behind the talk of secession was to demonstrate how angry people were.
The decrease in property taxes will make it easier to own property in the state. Soibach said this would be worth considering.
But other legislators were not so complimentary of the finance plan.
State Rep. Eugene Shore, R-Johnson, said he opposed the plan because it took away local control of school districts. Shore, whose southwest Kansas district includes the towns of Elkhart and Ulysses, sponsored an amendment during the session which alluded to the possibility of secession by districts that opposed the finance plan. The amendment did
"We don't want to pay more taxes for kids in Wichita and Wyandotte County," Shore said. "They give their taxes away in abatements for businesses. We
"I'm a fifth-generation Kansan, and I have kids after me," he said. "But there comes a time when you pay and pay, and you don't get anything in return. You start to wonder. Fair is fair, but this has gone overboard."
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, said many people in rural western Kansas felt like an oppressed minority. Because the apportionment of representatives is now based on population instead of land area, there has been a shift in power to the cities, she said.
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Charlton said Douglas County would not be adversely affected economically by the plan.
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