What do you mean by "equal distribution"?
I see no reason why those who pay higher amounts of property taxes should not have some of that increased amount of the money spent in their community.
I guess I should put a precursor. We homeschool so I have no skin in the game other than I pay taxes. How can inner city schools get the quality of education more closely in line with the more affluent areas? Restructuring of teacher’s unions? Abolishing public sector unions?
I see what you're saying; take a pot and spread it out... question is how far do you make that circle? I.e. is it an even distribution in the district, the city, the county, the state?
Not so much here, but in large municipalities the real estate market is heavily influenced by school districts. Being on the other side of the street could drastically change the value of your home.
I got no kids, but a wife that part of the ed. bureaucracy. Needless to say, we don't always see eye to eye.
I guess I should put a precursor. We homeschool so I have no skin in the game other than I pay taxes. How can inner city schools get the quality of education more closely in line with the more affluent areas? Restructuring of teacher’s unions? Abolishing public sector unions?
I know in recent history, states have moved further away from using property taxes to fund the majority of public education. Just looking for general pros and cons. On the surface, equal distribution makes more sense but I’m open to other ideas.
Education funds are not distributed 1:1 with property taxes paid (or income taxes paid). All in (all education funding sources), more is spent in poorer areas per tax dollar paid in those areas than in higher income places.
I see what you're saying; take a pot and spread it out... question is how far do you make that circle? I.e. is it an even distribution in the district, the city, the county, the state?
Not so much here, but in large municipalities the real estate market is heavily influenced by school districts. Being on the other side of the street could drastically change the value of your home.
I got no kids, but a wife that part of the ed. bureaucracy. Needless to say, we don't always see eye to eye.
I'm kinda torn on how to fund schools. I think it's a problem that poor school districts under-fund schools, and then under educate kids, and then they grow up to be poor adults, and then they send their kids to the same ****ty schools they went to, and the cycle continues. I'd like to see the education system become more consistent across school districts. I lived in Missippi for 8 years and I'll tell you their public schools are ****. They're one of the poorest states in the nation and they have one of the worst public school systems. It's not the kids fault that they have ****ty schools. They don't have a lot of choice but to grow up under-educated.
That sounds like something that really needs fixed. But how do you fix that? As you move the financial responsibility up the government levels, you cede more control over what your kids are taught to those higher levels. Do we want those decisions left to federal, state, or local governments? There's something to be said for nationwide consistency, but then that comes at the expense of local sensibilities. I think it's a hard problem to solve.
Yeah that seems like a problem.
That poorer areas get more back than they pay in?
I don't have a problem with that. I just think that when a person pays more, there is nothing wrong with them getting more to some extent.
I used to live in a lower-priced subdivision that was frequently a "first stop" for people moving out of apartments when they could afford their first house. One of the prime movers for them was better schools. I lived there for 15 years and saw it time and time again. I don't see that as a bad thing.
Property tax on one’s home is bad.
Change my mind.
Property tax on one’s home is bad.
Change my mind.
I'm kinda torn on how to fund schools. I think it's a problem that poor school districts under-fund schools, and then under educate kids, and then they grow up to be poor adults, and then they send their kids to the same ****ty schools they went to, and the cycle continues. I'd like to see the education system become more consistent across school districts. I lived in Missippi for 8 years and I'll tell you their public schools are ****. They're one of the poorest states in the nation and they have one of the worst public school systems. It's not the kids fault that they have ****ty schools. They don't have a lot of choice but to grow up under-educated.
That sounds like something that really needs fixed. But how do you fix that? As you move the financial responsibility up the government levels, you cede more control over what your kids are taught to those higher levels. Do we want those decisions left to federal, state, or local governments? There's something to be said for nationwide consistency, but then that comes at the expense of local sensibilities. I think it's a hard problem to solve.