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This 15 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Over the course of the last two decades, declines in the quality of education in certain regions of the country have led to assessments of funding processes and the legalities of the distribution of tax resources to school districts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of the distribution of tax resources to school districts. Individuals living in wealthy neighborhoods have long argued that their taxes should be applied to their local school district, while
poorer communities have defended the redistribution of taxes set aside for education in order to create equity. Specifically, the question has been raised whether or not zoning taxes should
contitute school budgets only for the specific zone from which the taxes were collected, or if taxes should be distributed to adjacent, less wealthy school districts. In considering this question,
there are a number of elements that should be assessed. First, the issue of educational equity and the control that state and local governments have on the distribution of
funds should be integrated into a view of land use planning. Second, the existing status of educational institutions, including the creation of what some have deemed the creation of
the "ghetto school," has influenced debates around racial factors that influence these types of decisions. Finally, another issue within this debate stems from the question of equity, how equity
is determined and the long-standing premise that "separate but equal" educational opportunities should not be maintained by public institutions. Educational Equity and Zoning Public education is inextricably linked
to the politics and divisions within a culture. Theorists like Jean Anyon and Robert Reich have recognized that there is a link between a collective view and the shaping
of political action, and it is not surprising, then, that the call to end disparities in the funding for public education has been met with such opposition. Over the
past two decades, a number of legal challenges have been brought against school districts and state education departments challenging the lack of financial equity in the funding of public schools.
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