The leader of Clinton Schools is reacting to the Governor's proposal to shift the cost of funding teachers pensions from the state level to the local level.
Superintendent of Clinton Schools Curt Nettles points out this proposal has been talked about for around five years and indicates it is a problem the state legislature single-handedly created.
Nettles speculates if this ever is passed it would be brought in over time, and now some lawmakers are also calling to allow schools to levy a tax to pay for it.
When it is all said and done, Nettles predicts this happening and those pension costs for teachers being shifted to school districts.
As it relates to the State's payments to schools, Nettles indicates the State's debt to the school was nearly cut in half as they received the first quarterly payment. He points out there's still a struggle with cash flow and the Comptroller issues the payments when she can.
