Pennies For Education
March 17th, 2009 by Mike VasilindaFlorida parents and teachers are bringing more than two point six million pennies to Tallahassee tomorrow. Each penny symbolizes a student in public schools. The idea is to graphically depict the teachers and parents push for a temporary three year, one-cent hike in the sales tax to fund schools. Florida Education Association President Andy Ford says the three year hike will buy time to fix the state�s tax structure.
�What this does is it buys us time to be able to seriously take a look at Florida�s tax structure because we have to modernize,” Ford said. “The system that is in place right now was created in the 1940s. Florida is a vastly different society today than it was in 1940s.�
Busloads of parents from around the state will bring their pennies to the capitol for an 11am rally on Wednesday.
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