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It envisioned a model in which more money would go toward schools where more resources were needed to help students succeed. coque samsung Much of this recommendation was accomplished in 2013 with passage of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). chaussons pokemon California schools are not within bake sale distance of nationally normal funding The committee also urged lawmakers to add several billion dollars to bague argent 925 originale the state education budget. The opposite happened. When the “great recession” hit, K bracelet femme platine 12 funding was cut dramatically. bracelet homme Education budgets fell about 20% between 2008 and 2012. It took seven years for education funding to recover to its 2008 level, adjusted for inflation. 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The settlement established some minimum requirements and services that schools must provide, including up to date textbooks, qualified teachers, enough seats for students, and classrooms free of vermin. In 2018 research into the practical meaning of an adequate education was included as a part of the Getting Down to Facts II project. coque huawei A team of researchers led by Jennifer Imazeki concluded that in the 2016 17 school year “providing an adequate education would have required California to spend $22.1 billion more. coque samsung almost a third more than that year’s spending levels.” Of course, education advocates cannot just rely on initiatives and litigation to make the case that public education deserves its share of the budget pie. 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In this case, the will of the majority is not enough. By passing Proposition 13, in 1978 California voters amended the California constitution to make it very difficult to pass taxes. coque huawei The theory is that voters, like Odysseus, should have the power to tie themselves to the mast to resist temptation. Prop 13 requires that local governments, including school districts, must get 2/3 voter approval to pass special taxes. coque iphone Prop 13 also prohibited school districts from raising property taxes based on the value of property (“ad valorem” taxes), except for issuing General Obligation Bonds for facilities. The main available instrument bague argent et rubis pas cher for local taxation is the “parcel tax,” which has bague argent pampille ronde been ruled permissible because it is not “ad valorem.” Parcel taxes are based on the existence of a parcel bague argent femme lion of property rather than on its value. 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