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EdSource | Raising Revenues Locally: Parcel Taxes in California School Districts 1983-2012

EdSource | Raising Revenues Locally: Parcel Taxes in California School Districts 1983-2012:


Raising Revenues Locally: Parcel Taxes in California School Districts 1983-2012

May 2013
34 pages
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There is renewed discussion in the Legislature to reduce the voting threshold for passage of parcel taxes to 55 percent from the current two-thirds requirement. This EdSource report analyzes all the parcel tax elections since 1983, and looks at how a lower voting threshold might benefit some low-income school districts.