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(4,835 posts)But a lot of school district money comes from local property taxes.
A lot of districts could pay their teachers more if they trimmed the districts bloated administration costs. That's one of the problems of local control.
That teachers are underpaid is a problem; I don't know that raising income tax on the upper brackets is the solution (which I support whether teachers benefit or not).
As long as there is local control; we can raise taxes, send the money to the schools, and there's nothing preventing the school district from hiring 7 new assistant superintendents and keeping teacher salaries where they're at.
I don't think anyone is going to support establishing a federal property tax to fund schools. Especially if we leave it up to the school district superintendent to decide where that increased revenue goes.