The Economic Implications of Recent Court Decisions Regarding Educational Finance

The Economic Implications of Recent Court Decisions Regarding Educational Finance

In this article, the author analyzes recent court cases that struck down State school finance systems as being inequitable. Examined are such characteristics of current finance systems as the inequalities of the property tax, the variations in per pupil expenditures, and the variations between poor...

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1. Verfasser: Daicoff, Darwin W
Format: Text Resource
Sprache:eng
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Court Litigation
Educational Finance
Equal Education
Equal Protection
Equalization Aid
Expenditure per Student
Property Taxes
School Taxes
State Action
State Aid
Tax Rates
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, the author analyzes recent court cases that struck down State school finance systems as being inequitable. Examined are such characteristics of current finance systems as the inequalities of the property tax, the variations in per pupil expenditures, and the variations between poor and rich districts. The report includes a discussion of the effects of using income or sales taxes as alternatives to property taxes for financing education. (JF)