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Fiscal Neutrality in Education Funding

Learn about the landmark case of Serrano v. Priest (1971) setting precedent for fiscal neutrality in financing education to ensure equal protection under the law based on state wealth rather than district wealth.

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Fiscal Neutrality in Education Funding

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  1. Fiscal Neutrality By Gerald Card P377-378

  2. Title and Citation Serrano v. Priest, 487 P.2d 1241 (Cal. 1971)

  3. Facts • Provided the court with a judicially manageable standard • It demonstrated the California method of financing allowed disparities among the school districts. • Parents in property poor districts had to pay higher taxes to provide a same or lesser education

  4. Holding • The court agreed this denied the students equal protection under the laws • The court established that education was a constitutionally fundamental interest • Fiscal Neutrality is the quality of a child’s education could not be based on the wealth of the school district but on the wealth of the state as a whole

  5. Significance This gave the court a judicially manageable standard the McInnis did not have.

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