by Tyler Williamson | Apr 12, 2021 | Blog
On Thursday, the House Rules Committee approved SB 634, which would prohibit school districts from deducting union dues from teachers’ paychecks unless they obtain a written authorization every year. Another provision of the bill has the state provide free liability...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog
Where’s Our School Property Tax Refund? Recently, the Naperville School District board in Naperville, IL, authorized returning $10 million to its taxpayers due to savings from the schools being closed for most of 2020. The question occurs: if a school district in...
by Spencer Cadavero | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog
It seems that every time I go online, I see another post from one of my friends bemoaning how they didn’t learn anything “useful” in high school. They point to skills such as filing taxes and taking out a loan as more important than the core academic subjects taught...
by Mike Davis | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
Occasionally when my wife and I lay out rules for my daughter, she will respond with rules for us. While we are certainly receptive to hearing her perspective, in our house, the parents have a monopoly on rule-making power. Monopolies are great for monopolists. Most...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 8, 2021 | Blog
“No public money for private schools.” This slogan, employed against the idea of a system of public funding where parents would have a choice of which schools their children attend, is so void of meaning, so vapid in its reasoning, that it could only be employed by...
