Public schools in areas with lower socioeconomic status families are given less funding, therefore increasing property taxes in these lower socioeconomic areas
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Scientific Articles
- Kenyon, D. A., & Reschovsky, A. (2014). Introduction to special issue on the property tax and the financing of K–12 education. Education Finance and Policy, 9(4), 373-382. https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article/9/4/373/10215/Introduction-to-Special-Issue-on-the-Property-Tax
- Sutton, J. S. (2008). San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and Its Aftermath. Virginia Law Review, 1963-1986. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25470608
- Wen, C., & LeRoy, G. (2022). Making the students pay? The gross cost of property tax abatement for US school districts. Community Development, 1-17. https://www-scopus-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144068748&origin=resultslist&sort=plf f&src=s&sid=b964f7aca173ae8a28801c4ecd2fa0c9&sot=b&sdt=b&s=TITLE-ABS-KEY%28public+school+funding+property+taxes%29&sl=47&sessionSearchId=b964f7aca173ae8a28801c4ecd2fa0c9
Explanation of the Post
In public schools, the funding that each school receives is based upon a formula created by each individual state. This formula is determined by the property taxes of the neighborhoods that schools are in. Therefore, schools that are in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic statuses are given less funding towards their educational goals, and in response the property taxes of these already poverty stricken areas are increased. In other words, in areas of lower income families, since their neighborhood’s property taxes start off lower, these schools are given less funding than their richer-neighbor counterparts, and are put at a disadvantage with less money for educators and school resources. Though, recent solutions to increase the funding for these disadvantaged schools is to increase property taxes in neighborhoods that simply cannot afford to pay more for their living situations. Furthermore, the solution of the property taxes towards public school funding must be solved by the individual states and school districts themselves, since in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriquez, the Supreme Court declared the Federal Government cannot be involved in decisions about public education funding because the Constitution doesn’t guarantee a right to education, so they do not have discrepancy over the issue!
Other sources
- Rossmiller, R. A. (1994). Equity or adequacy of school funding. Educational Policy, 8(4), 616-625.https://www-scopus-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973703844&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&sid=b964f7aca173ae8a28801c4ecd2fa0c9&sot=b&sdt=b&s=TITLE-ABS-KEY%28public+schooling+funding+AND+property+taxes%29&sl=47&sessionSearchId=b964f7aca173ae8a28801c4ecd2fa0c9
- Gustafson, C. (2012). Public School Funding in Massachusetts: Where We Are, What Has Changed, and How We Compare to Other States. Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. https://www.massbudget.org/reports/pdf/ed_census_2012.pdf
- Inequality in public school funding: American University. School of Education Online. (2022, October 27). https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/inequality-in-public-school-funding/
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Estoy de acuerdo con lo que se comenta y me gustaría aportar que en algunos de esos colegios ya se están dando beneficios como becas para libros o material escolar y que también les vendrían muy bien la obtención de becas a nivel general para poder mantener un equilibrio entre los colegios con más fondo económico y éstos y de esta manera evitar que llegue a perjudiciar a los alumnos y alumnas con menos recursos, en su aprendizaje y nivel académico.