Report slams school funds tax proposal

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released a report Monday indicating that eliminating school property taxes and increasing the state sales tax would help well-to-do landowners while hurting the poor.

Supporters of the amendment believe that funding K-12 public education would be a more equitable burden since everyone pays sales taxes.

Presently about 900,000 property owners fund the education of approximately 8 million Georgians.

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