Memphis City Council member Shea Flinn has proposed a 17-cent tax increase over a maximum of three year to cover the cost of a possible judgment against the city in the city schools/city education-funding court case.
That money would then go into a special account. If the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of Memphis, the money would be returned to the tax payers.
“The current system of how we fund education is not workable,” Flinn said. “If we’re going to have a special school district, let’s have a special school district and give them taxing authority. If we’re not, they should be treated like any other school district in Tennessee and have the sole funder be the county.”
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