Yesterday I posted about Rev. Ted's dream of one day fulfulling his campaign promise for education reform in Ohio. So far the only thing we know about this phantom reform is that Rev. Ted wants to strip the elected positions of State Skool Bored of any power. These positions would serve in an advisory role to his newly appointed Education Czar.
The other part of his wet dream includes fixing skool funding. But as we know all to well - this is just lip service. This would mean challenging the brown shirts running the teachers union - and that will never happen.
If Rev. Ted is sincere about about any reform of skool funding, his first step would be stopping the double dipping of so-called retired teachers and skool administrators.
Harry E. Klide, a retired Stark County Common Pleas judge, writes about HB 270 that would be the first step in any skool funding reform...
From the Canton Repository --
A few elected officials in Columbus are attempting to close the loophole that allows double dipping. It is about time. The Dispatch noted that House Bill 270, introduced by Rep. Michelle Schneider, R-Madeira, "would suspend the pensions of elected officials and public employees who return to the same or similar jobs within six months."
HB 240, introduced by Rep. Bruce Goodwin, R-Defiance, provides that those who want to double dip would have their salary capped at about 60 percent of their former salary.
The time has come for taxpayers to protest and compel their state legislators to focus on the practice of double dipping. Regardless of how I feel about it, I cannot find fault with someone who is double dipping because he or she is only doing what is allowable by law. I find fault with those who make this right under our legal system.
Failure to correct this problem undermines trust and confidence in government because it encourages the notion that public officials are talking advantage of the offices to which they were elected to enrich themselves at the taxpayers' expense.
Many states outlaw or restrict double dipping. Isn't it time our state legislators take bold action to resolve this important issue? More...
If Rev. Ted is truly concerned about "watching" our tax dollars he will fully support this bill. Now let's see if Rev. Ted and his dysfunctional democrats in Columbus really want to fix skool funding!
King;
ReplyDeleteIs the question more about double dipping or just plain inbreeding of incompetence? I could care less if someone retired from the state at thirty years and then was hired back as a consultant. But we are hiring back the same morons that have caused our state’s education to suffer.
Brian -
ReplyDeleteRetiring and being hires as a consultant - is not something I would consider double dipping.
I have no problem with safety forces (Police & Fire) retiring and being hired back on a yearly contract.
When a teacher or an administrator retires and is rehired at the same meeting for the same position is what I consider double dipping.
I believe the double dipping greatly contributes to the inbreeding of incompetence in the schools.
Bedford School District is famous for this crap. OUr super - is a retired teacher from the district, as a teacher she was great.
As a super she sucks. She is being paid over $123,000 per yer, $450 monthly stipend for being an attorney, full medical coverage and payements into a annuity account as a form of retirement benefits for being super.
OUr schools are consistently in the bottom of performance yet she continues getting raises & the schools will be again trying for a levy this year.
Double Dipping is like the Miracle Gro for breeding incompetence!