Prop 13 was passed on the back of California choosing to redistribute school funding away from local communities where the taxes were paid.
The result was predictable. Nobody wants to pay higher taxes that don't go to their kids or communities. They would rather opt. This is why most affluent school districts have complex parallel funding streams that don't go through the government.
More to the point, school costs are also out of control. Average tax spend on k-12 education in California is ~25k per student, or 750k for a 30 student class.
> Prop 13 was passed on the back of California choosing to redistribute school funding away from local communities where the taxes were paid.
> The result was predictable. Nobody wants to pay higher taxes that don't go to their kids or communities.
So the solution to school inequality should have been to enshrine both income inequality and real estate segregation in education funding policy?
> More to the point, school costs are also out of control. Average tax spend on k-12 education in California is ~25k per student, or 750k for a 30 student class.
It's closer to $20k (18th highest among US states)
"When differences in labor costs across states are accounted for, California drops to 34th."
So California has very high labor costs, driven up by the insane housing costs, which are yet again enshrined by the provisions of Proposition 13 (and its accompanying phenomenon of NIMBYism).
>So the solution to school inequality should have been to enshrine both income inequality and real estate segregation in education funding policy?
Enshrine is a strong word, but yes, I think it basically broke the incentive structure for supporting the system. Regarding housing costs, I think they have far more to do with NIMBY and construction hostile policy.
High property tax doesn't really help housing affordability. High tax means sale prices are somewhat lower, but Mortgages would stabilize at the same value (just with a higher proportion being tax) unless you actually add more units.
The result was predictable. Nobody wants to pay higher taxes that don't go to their kids or communities. They would rather opt. This is why most affluent school districts have complex parallel funding streams that don't go through the government.
More to the point, school costs are also out of control. Average tax spend on k-12 education in California is ~25k per student, or 750k for a 30 student class.