Cigarette Tax Not Favorable for Schools Too
Published on May 31, 2010 8:06 AM
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Even local schools could face big decreases to the money they use for the activities of buses and special education programs. That’s why legislators vote to increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack. That new move could be improbable.
For example the Illinois Senate approved a tobacco tax hike more than approximately a year ago, but since then, House legislators haven’t shown much concern in doing the same steps.
But schools would take more than approximately $300 million hit for their educational and informative programs without the cigarettes tax increase. The Illinois Senate is prepared to accept new proposals. Among of them is a disputable plan for the state to take out $3.7 billion in credit for to pay to state workers’ retirement systems.
Even with the proposal of adopting the new bill and a large number of other budgetary tricks, the state faces a $13 billion deficiency in incomes in the coming financial year.
State Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, declared that he doesn’t like the idea of higher cigarette taxes, and even though stays open to the new idea. With the legislative meeting turning down, however, and a big amount of legislators already abandoning Springfield, a vote doesn’t appear inevitable.
“I’m sure that there’s no sufficient support for that,” Bradley explained.
Illinois State Board of Education delegate Matt Vanover argued that schools are already having financial troubles because the state isn’t sending money on time. Cuts to what’s promised could hurt even more.
“Our district is facing a very difficult time as it is,” Vanover said.
Still, some House legislators remained firm in their opposition to a cigarette tax increase. Critics argued that smokers will head to neighboring states to buy cigarettes if taxes go up.
State Rep. Roger Eddy, R-Hutsonville, declared that he opposed the new plan. He sustained that Democrats tied the tax to schools in an effort to gain more support.
However, it hasn’t worked so far. While the Senate approved the new tax increase in April of last year, the House has since ignored it.
Higher prices could keep teens from smoking, and young people don’t start smoking if they are discouraged by the high cigarettes price.
