Supplementing or Supplanting? Surtax Spending Gets 'Complicated' - CommonWealth Beacon

Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets 'complicated' - CommonWealth Beacon

THE LEGISLATURE this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the tax on high earners while others warn it strays from the original promise of funding new education and transportation initiatives. The budget that lawmakers sent to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk Monday includes a $496 million expansion to the state’s Chapter…

How to increase funding for our education system

Three suggestions to increase investment in our education system: