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How Not To Improve The Schools

IP-15-92 (October 1992)
Author: John Andrews

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‘Children First” Flunks On Fiscal, Educational, Economic Grounds, Institute Research Team Concludes

Andrews Challenges Romer to Debate Amendments 1, 6, 7

Children First, the sales tax and school reform proposal facing voters on Nov. 3, is fiscally unnecessary because next year’s revenue estimates have made a “nonexistent bogeyman” of Gov. Roy Romer’s alleged 12% funding cut. In addition, the measure is educationally counterproductive because it would disempower families and school districts, and economically harmful because it would destroy up to 75,000 jobs.

These are the conclusions of an analysis by policy experts at the Independence Institute, a think tank specializing in state issues. How Not to Improve the Schools: Facts and Fallacies about the Amendment 6 Tax Increase is Independence Issue Paper No. 15-92