Document Type
Section IV Article
Abstract
The financing of rural education, as well as all public education, needs to center around two principles. One, equity for the students, and two, equity for the taxpayers.
For the purpose of this paper, equity for the student shall be defined to mean providing a level of support so each student has an equal opportunity to learn and to succeed according to their abilities. This definition contrasts with the definition of equality which shall mean providing an equal number of dollars for each child. With equality, the focus is on equal inputs. With equity, the focus is on equal opportunities (outcomes).
Equity for the taxpayer should center around a taxation system that subjects equal people to equal burdens. In other words, people living in different districts, but with similar incomes and property, should pay essentially the same rate of taxes for the support of government services, in this case, education. Although not directly a topic of this paper, one might well stretch the equity argument to imply a taxation system should be progressive as well.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
59
Last Page
61
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Meier, Dean
(1990)
"Section IV: Financing Rural Education in Iowa [Meier],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 24.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/24
