Municipal Overburden: A Fact in School Finance Litigation?.

Brazer, Harvey E.; McCarty, Therese A.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Municipal Overburden: A Fact in School Finance Litigation?

Brazer, Harvey E.; McCarty, Therese A.

Journal of Law and Education, v18 n4 p547-66 Fall 1989

The "municipal overburden" argument alleges that cities lack adequate funding for their schools because they are unable to levy high enough tax rates. Examines support for the hypothesis held by jurists and legal commentators and then inquires why economists commonly find that position unacceptable. (MLF)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Public Schools, Resource Allocation, School Taxes, Tax Rates, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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