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 XIII. General summary

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338 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI to the following objections: (1) It assumes that a local tax rate of $0.20 per $100 of assessed valuation is a satisfactory basis for an equalization program; (2) it assumes that a levy of $0.20 per $100 is equivalent to collections of that amount; (3) the problem is not approached from the stand- point of the one-room districts, the elimination of which is perhaps the greatest need; (4) it is based in part upon the shifting of tax burdens; and (5) it represents an untried program of school finance in Missouri. Analysis of the present situation in respect to school ex- penditures and school needs indicates that the following factors should be considered in any carefully planned ap- proach to the problem of public school finance: (1) The differences in the economic status in the several sections of the state; (2) the shift in population from the rural com- munities to urban centers; (3) the problem of the one-room rural districts; (4) the value of local initiative in school affairs; (5) the difficulty of using assessed valuation as a basis for equalization of educational opportunities; and (6) the desirability of approaching the problem from the stand- point of need. Consideration of these factors points to the con- clusion that the most obvious approach to the problem of public school finance appears to be through a process of consolidation and redistricting. As a basis for such a program the superintendent of schools in each county could prepare a map showing the present district lines in the county and also possible enlarged districts. Also, the county superintendent could make available to the school authorities of the state such informa- tion as he might have concerning the attitude in the county toward consolidation and redistricting. Such information would enable the county superintendents and the state school authorities to work out a program for redistricting and con- solidation. Financing THE CaPiTAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE The problem of financing the capital requirements of the state involves consideration of the comparative advantages of a pay-as-you-go policy as compared with borrowing. The

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