Comments on: Keeping Up With the Pittsfords http://www.policy-wonk.org/kent-gardner/keeping-up-with-the-pittsfords/ Let's talk about where we're headed... Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kent Gardner http://www.policy-wonk.org/kent-gardner/keeping-up-with-the-pittsfords/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Kent Gardner Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:23:53 +0000 http://live.cgr.org/policy-wonk/?p=171#comment-121 The elephant in the room in New York State is special education. I grumble about the cost of cool artificial turf and school busing plans that eliminate nearly all walking to school--but the big bucks are spent to support special needs education. By treating special ed as a legally-guaranteed entitlement AND delegating decisions on what constitutes appropriate care to the specialist (e.g. the providers), the cost of special ed has soared in NYS. How are these costs managed in Utah, Steve? The elephant in the room in New York State is special education. I grumble about the cost of cool artificial turf and school busing plans that eliminate nearly all walking to school–but the big bucks are spent to support special needs education. By treating special ed as a legally-guaranteed entitlement AND delegating decisions on what constitutes appropriate care to the specialist (e.g. the providers), the cost of special ed has soared in NYS.

How are these costs managed in Utah, Steve?

]]> By: Steve Kroes http://www.policy-wonk.org/kent-gardner/keeping-up-with-the-pittsfords/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Steve Kroes Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:33:57 +0000 http://live.cgr.org/policy-wonk/?p=171#comment-120 Yeah! Get those property taxes down to 2% of market value, and then I'd LOVE to live there. But I still want well-funded schools! It's really a dilemma, isn't it? How to have excellent schools without high property taxes. But I'm sure that property taxes almost as large as a mortgage payment have to be a big deterrent to in-migration and economic development. It certainly had a deterring effect on me when I looked at it! Yeah! Get those property taxes down to 2% of market value, and then I’d LOVE to live there. But I still want well-funded schools! It’s really a dilemma, isn’t it? How to have excellent schools without high property taxes. But I’m sure that property taxes almost as large as a mortgage payment have to be a big deterrent to in-migration and economic development. It certainly had a deterring effect on me when I looked at it!

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