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Download full textWial, Howard – Keystone Research Center, 2004
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering a school finance proposal, exemplified by House Bill 113 of the 2003 legislative session, that would shift some school funding away from local property taxes and toward state funds and local income taxes. The proposal would give greater proportional benefits to homeowners with lower property values. A…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Legislation, School Taxes, School District Wealth
Cooley, William W.; Pomponio, Debra – 1993
Discussion of inequity in funding of Pennsylvania schools has tended to focus on differences between wealthy and poor school districts. In Pennsylvania, 180 school districts have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the existing public school funding scheme. A study of the state's 500 school districts, grouped by market value of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Financial Policy, Financial Support
