Oregon School Budget again

The state budget for the school system is again on the rocks, as legislators can't agree on what the budget should be. This is the kind of thing that forces them into extended sessions and costs us lots of money while they are trying to decide where lots of other money should go.
I'm not going to go into the merits of the main parts of the bill itself, as there is some trouble between Democrats and Republicans as to how much the schools should get. The idea from Republicans is that there should be a ceiling imposed so that the budget doesn't get too out of control, and the Democrats insists that the ceiling is too low. Yadda, yadda, whatever. Same old disagreement.
This point hit me right away.

In a rare defeat for her leadership, Minnis, R-Wood-Village, pulled her plan back from a floor vote when fellow Republicans balked at a provision tucked into the bill that would let Portland schools extend a tax that is set to expire June 30.

If I were a Representative, I would have stomped on that bill too. What right do state legislators have to determine if Portland can extend a school tax set to expire this year? The local elected officials might want that to happen, but it's really up to the voters.
A) It's infuriating when elected government officials try to create law to regulate lower levels of government when they are not supposed to (like the feds do all the time).
B) It's doubly maddening when elected officials try to legislate what should only be enacted by popular vote.