Please email Mayor Cantrell and legislative officials on TODAY's vote and tell them to amend Senate Bill 110 to remove New Orleans Schools or to support referring the bill to House Education Committee for further debate.
If this legislation passes without amending OPSB out of the bill, schools would lose $3.2 million ($75.00) per student, while doubling the city’s collection to $6.4 million. The City of New Orleans has created this legislation to circumvent the Louisiana Supreme Court Ruling and Attorney General’s Office opinion that “local governments are not allowed to use property taxes for expenses not approved by voters”. We cannot allow millions of dollars designated by voters in support of classrooms to be used in fulfilling the city’s pension obligations! SB 110! |
Mayor Latoya Cantrell (504) 658-4900 mayor@nola.gov Walt Leger III (504)556-9970 legerw@legis.la.gov Neil C. Abramson (504)275-8051 abramson@legis.la.gov Joseph Bouie (504)286-1033 bouiej@legis.la.gov Jimmy Harris (504)243-1960 harrisj@legis.la.gov Royce Duplessis (504)-568-2740 duplessisr@legis.la.gov John H. Bagneris (504)243-7783 bagnerisj@legis.la.gov | Stephanie Hilferty (504)885-4154 hilfertys@legis.la.gov Gary Carter (504)361-6600 carterg@legis.la.gov Christopher J. Leopold (504)393-5649 leopoldc@legis.la.gov Raymond E. Garofalo (504)277-4729 garofalor@legis.la.gov Cameron Henry (504)838-5433 henryc@legis.la.gov Nancy Landry (337)262-2252 landryn@legis.la.gov |
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