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In article <BvL4JC.Gq5@well.sf.ca.us> rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:
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>It is my impression that California schools' financial problems are
>worse than other states' schools.
>If that is true, why?

If that is true I suspect that a primary factor is the high number
of immigrants and the continued high birthrate of those immigrants.

A dual income couple that owns home with one or two children pays
several thousand dollars per year in state taxes. U.S. born
residents are more likely to fall into this category.

Families that rent apartments or double up in housing or have a
large number of children pay far less in state income and property
taxes, and if they receive food stamps or welfare, they receive
more then they contribute. Immigrants disproportionately fall into
this category.

Assuming an annual cost of $4000 to educate a student for a year,
it costs taxpayers $288,000 to provide K-12 education for a single
family with six children. In spite of this impact, the state
provides tax deductions based on the number of children. Clearly
small families are subsidizing large families, and large families 
-- due to immigration -- are more prevalent in California.

It would be interesting if anyone has the time/resources to provide
statistics something like the following:

                                   U.S Born       Immigrant
                                   --------       ---------
Percent homeowners                      %               %
Percent receive foodstamps              %               %
Average state income tax bill      $              $
Average # of children

Average state tax bill for a family with two children versus a
family with six children.

Governor Wilson has touched on this problem but backed off due to
political pressures.
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        Kim Berry              kberry@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US