The fiscal problem in Missouri

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Identifikator:: 1833271335

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-230042

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The fiscal problem in Missouri

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: xvi, 359 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Public school finance

Collection:: Economics Books

256 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI ment in Missouri. The soundest development whether in educational or other fields is usually evolutionary in nature. Almost any change that can be said to be revolutionary in nature involves a large number of readjustments, and the results of the readjustments may not always be desirable. The adoption of the proposed plan would mean a complete change in the entire system of public school finance in Mis- souri, and the change would be made without an opportunity to obtain a check of desirable or undesirable results until some time after the plan went into effect. For example, the effect on local initiative in school matters could not be im- mediately observed. It is possible that the plan might do more harm than good to the rural school districts. Once adopted, it would be much more difficult to eliminate any objectionable features that might develop than to follow a definite plan providing for a gradual change, adjusting the plan as the necessity arises. An ApproacH To THE ProBLEM oF PusLic ScuooL FINANCE An approach to the problem of public school finance in Missouri should take into consideration at least six major factors: (1) the difference in the economic status of the several sections of the state; (2) the shift in population from the rural sections of the state; (3) the one-room rural district; (4) the value of local initiative in school affairs; (5) the difficulty of using assessed valuation as a basis for the equalization of educational opportunities; and (6) the de- sirability of approaching the problem from the standpoint of need. The marked difference in the economic status of the several sections of the state is an important factor in public school finance. There is a decided contrast between many of the counties in northern and northwestern Missouri and counties in the southern part of the state. The agricultural lands of the state vary greatly in productiveness, and the existing differences cause variations in the ability to finance public functions satisfactorily. In some sections of the state the public schools can hardly be financed entirely by local levies,

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