Slow on EPS Reform
Bangor Daily News, October 28, 2006
(excerpt) Essential Programs and Services is an attempt to figure out what education ought to cost for each student in Maine, making it necessarily a formula that will need regular adjustment. Honest doubt could be expressed about whether property valuation is the best measure of a community’s ability to pay (though finding an alternative is harder than it looks, especially considering that 20 percent of property taxes come from out of state). Maine ought to look at the formula, adjust it carefully as experience dictates and continue to work on equity for all students.
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Bangor Daily News, October 28, 2006
(excerpt) Essential Programs and Services is an attempt to figure out what education ought to cost for each student in Maine, making it necessarily a formula that will need regular adjustment. Honest doubt could be expressed about whether property valuation is the best measure of a community’s ability to pay (though finding an alternative is harder than it looks, especially considering that 20 percent of property taxes come from out of state). Maine ought to look at the formula, adjust it carefully as experience dictates and continue to work on equity for all students.
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