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POLICY BRIEF article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Leadership in Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1253671

Tax Credit for Support of University-Community Partnerships in Low-Income Urban School Districts

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Krishna Patel Krishna Patel 1,2*
  • 1 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
  • 2 University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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    Tying public school funding to property taxes has prevented low-income school districts in the United States from garnering adequate financial and social resources. As a result of this regressive funding system, millions of children find themselves trapped in underfunded schools and neighborhoods that perpetuate intergenerational trauma, tenuous employment, poor health, and poverty. However, in many underserved neighborhoods, including in cities like Philadelphia and Chicago, where poverty rates have been as high as 25% and 40%, respectively, many of the most under-resourced schools border or are adjacent to are characterized by their proximity to wealthy universities. 1

    Keywords: University-community partnership, school funding, Low-income schools, Property tax, urban school district, policy, higher education

    Received: 14 Jul 2023; Accepted: 05 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Patel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Krishna Patel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States

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