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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED160168 AUTHOR: Koltai, Leslie
TITLE: Taxpayer Initiative and the Political Process--The
California Experience.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 26 p.; Paper presented at the conference, The
Taxpayer
Revolt: Where Do We Go From Here? (Dallas, Texas, October
12
14, 1978)
ABSTRACT: California's Proposition 13 set a maximum
property
tax of one percent of appraised market value, limited
assessment increases to no more than two percent of cash
value each year, and required that no new taxes be imposed
to make up for lost revenues without a two-thirds vote of
the state legislature or a two-thirds vote of all qualified
voters. Five areas of concern for two-year college
administrators have resulted from this situation: (1) the
impaired planning abilities of local districts due to the
short-term availability of funds; (2) the loss of authority
by boards of trustees and college administrations through
increased shared authority with the state legislature, the
board of governors, the state chancellor, and special
interest groups; (3) a transition period in planning
resulting in the halt of fiscal growth and the renewed
consideration of imposing tuition; (4) decreased public
support of community colleges resulting in less innovation
and in redefinition of community services; and (5)
political aspects of affirmative action programs. Others
facing budget reductions and voter-imposed funding
restrictions would be well-advised to invest effort in
contingency planning to insure smoother transitions in the
future. (MB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Community-Colleges; Educational-Finance;
Educational-Planning; Financial-Problems; Property-Taxes;
Public-Policy; School-District-Spending; State-Aid; Tax
Allocation; Tuition-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Administration; *Politics-;
*School-District-Autonomy; *State-School-District
Relationship; *Two-Year-Colleges
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