Taxpayer Initiative and the Political Process--The California Experience.

Autor/in	Koltai, Leslie
Titel	Taxpayer Initiative and the Political Process--The California Experience.
Quelle	(1978), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Educational Administration; Educational Finance; Educational Planning; Financial Problems; Politics; Property Taxes; Public Policy; School District Autonomy; School District Spending; State Aid; State School District Relationship; Tax Allocation; Tuition; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsfonds; Bildungsplanung; Politik; Öffentliche Ordnung; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Staatliches Schulamt; Steuerentlastung; Unterweisung; Unterricht
Abstract	California's Proposition 13 set a maximum property tax of one percent of appraised market value, limited assessment increases to no more than two percent of cash value each year, and required that no new taxes be imposed to make up for lost revenues without a two-thirds vote of the state legislature or a two-thirds vote of all qualified voters. Five areas of concern for two-year college administrators have resulted from this situation: (1) the impaired planning abilities of local districts due to the short-term availability of funds; (2) the loss of authority by boards of trustees and college administrations through increased shared authority with the state legislature, the board of governors, the state chancellor, and special interest groups; (3) a transition period in planning resulting in the halt of fiscal growth and the renewed consideration of imposing tuition; (4) decreased public support of community colleges resulting in less innovation and in redefinition of community services; and (5) political aspects of affirmative action programs. Others facing budget reductions and voter-imposed funding restrictions would be well-advised to invest effort in contingency planning to insure smoother transitions in the future. (MB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC