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Fiscal Neutrality

Fiscal Neutrality. By Gerald Card P377-378. Title and Citation. Serrano v. Priest, 487 P.2d 1241 (Cal. 1971). Facts. Provided the court with a judicially manageable standard It demonstrated the California method of financing allowed disparities among the school districts.

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Fiscal Neutrality

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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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