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Title: A manual of educational legislation for the guidance of committees on education in the state legislatures
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Education
Subjects: Educational law and legislation
Publisher: Washington : Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ressive State system of education such areas orunits of taxation should be created or continued, if already in exist-ence, as will fully develop the sound American principle that thewhole wealth of the State shall be made available for educating allthe youth of the State. This is both right and necessary, as in theUnited States education is largely a state function to be supportedlike other civil functions. From a national standpoint there are rich States and poor Statesin which all the children of all the people should be provided withequal educational opportunity. The same is true from the stand-point of the State as concerns counties or townships, and of countiesas concerns local-school communities. But the facts already cited 32 MANUAL OF EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION. in favor of Federal aid prove beyond a doubt that practically halfof the children of school age in the United States are far from having STATC TAXAND APPROPRIATIONS. COUNTY A.ND LOCAL TAX. PER.MAK1ENTFUNDS. OTWtR.SOOaCES-
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