Taxation and Education Financing

Background on the Issue

• Education Funding in South Carolina

  South Carolina's Education Funding Puzzle: a series of LWVSC policy briefs on how public education is financed in the state

  • Part 1--The Education Finance Act Piece
  • Part 2--Two Cents for Education: The Sales Tax and Schools
  • Funding for Public Education in South Carolina
  • Financing Education in SC - A Citizen's Guide By Holley H. Ulbrich and Ellen W. Saltzman, The Jim Self Center on the Future at the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Download at http://selfcenter.clemson.edu/. This updated document outlines K-12 public education finance and school governance in South Carolina and current policy issues.
  • Policy Brief: Assessment Caps and the Point of Sale Provision By Holley H. Ulbrich, The Jim Self Center on the Future at the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Download at http://selfcenter.clemson.edu/pdf/Assessment_Caps_and_POS.pdf
  • Report: Options for Anderson County School Districts By Holley H. Ulbrich, Ellen W. Saltzman, Catherine E. Watt, Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Download at http://www.boardofed.net/Anderson%206-24-09%20FINAL2.pdf

• Tax Policy in South Carolina

  • LWVSC Position Paper on Point of Sale Legislation
  • What other states do that relate to S1 and S2 (spending limits) and H 3272 (property tax caps):

    • Characteristics of Property Tax Assessment Limits by State, 2007
    • Tax and Expenditure Limits (TELs) in Other States, 2008
  • Why Should You Care about the Index of Taxpaying Ability? By Holley H. Ulbrich and Ellen W. Saltzman, The Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs

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