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Washington state pools property tax money and then redistributed it equitably across the state to pay for education on a per pupil basis. This mainly means poor

Washington state pools property tax money and then redistributed it equitably across the state to pay for education on a per pupil basis. This mainly means poorer eastern Washington districts are subsidized by richer western Washington districts, and districts that lose students to private schools take a direct hit in their funding.

blindriver 2y ago
This is the same as California. EDIT: I was wrong, and explain it as a comment below.
- dragonwriter 2y ago
  No, it isn't. (1) California property tax stays local, and is not pooled, (2) However, due to Prop 13, property taxes are very small in California, and just over half of total funding for school districts comes from the state, (3) Distribution of funding (either just the state funds or total funding) is not equal per-student across districts, with per student expenditures ranging widely across districts.
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  - blindriver 2y ago
    My mistake, I know that most of school funding came from the state but I thought it was because it was from property taxes being collected. In fact it's from state income tax and sales tax.
    - inferiorhuman 2y ago
      Property tax in California is a huge mess. In terms of K-12 funding there's also Prop 98 to contend with. https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.aspx https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-1129...
IcyWindows 2y ago
It doesn't help when the Seattle school superintendent told parents that if they didn't like their school policies, they could leave.
streptomycin 2y ago
NJ is even more extreme, the poor districts get more funding and it's been that way for decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district This is true many places. But I think the "property tax explains everything" talking point is going to persist a long time, because it's very convenient.

blindriver 2y ago

This is the same as California. EDIT: I was wrong, and explain it as a comment below.

dragonwriter 2y ago
No, it isn't. (1) California property tax stays local, and is not pooled, (2) However, due to Prop 13, property taxes are very small in California, and just over half of total funding for school districts comes from the state, (3) Distribution of funding (either just the state funds or total funding) is not equal per-student across districts, with per student expenditures ranging widely across districts.
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- blindriver 2y ago
  My mistake, I know that most of school funding came from the state but I thought it was because it was from property taxes being collected. In fact it's from state income tax and sales tax.
  - inferiorhuman 2y ago
    Property tax in California is a huge mess. In terms of K-12 funding there's also Prop 98 to contend with. https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.aspx https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-1129...

IcyWindows 2y ago

It doesn't help when the Seattle school superintendent told parents that if they didn't like their school policies, they could leave.

streptomycin 2y ago

NJ is even more extreme, the poor districts get more funding and it's been that way for decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district This is true many places. But I think the "property tax explains everything" talking point is going to persist a long time, because it's very convenient.