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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by monocasa on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:27PM (#18018819)
Aren't schools funded by property taxes? Is that a tautology that school rating at least is correlated with property values?
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by albertop on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:03PM (#18019106)
Only to some extend. CA spending per pupil is around the top among states in US, results are very close to the bottom.
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by lawtguy on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:16PM (#18020866)
California is actually below average for per pupil spending. In 2015, it was ranked 31st out of the 50 states + DC. See page 23 here: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio...
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by jldugger on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:19PM (#18019237)
They are, and California voters passed a ballot initiative limiting the rate property taxes can increase. End result: nominal tax rate above of 1 percent, effective rate at around half that.
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by bdamm on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:34PM (#18018872)
Only in America. And not even in all states. But certainly in California!
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by wbl on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:54PM (#18019035)
Not exactly. Thanks to Prop 13 and Serrano v. Priest most school funding is from the state in California, and allocated pretty equally across schools. Parental donations are what give some areas better resources.
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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by murph-almighty on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:46PM (#18018959)
Note that some states do have re-distribution schemes, such as NJ (Abbott Districts).
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