Biblical Antecedents to Fiscal Equity: Policy Implications for Education.

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Biblical Antecedents to Fiscal Equity: Policy Implications for Education Most arguments for fiscal equity in financing America's schools have been based on constitutional provisions and on the socio-political dogma which underlies a democratic society. This paper approaches the subject using as its theoretical basis a document even more basic to the founding of the Republic than the constitution--the Bible. It is a report of conceptual/analytical research using the King James Version of the Bible as a data source. The analysis of the writings of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, indicates strong support for the concept of fiscal equity. This can be applied to equalization as it relates to financial support of education in America. This Biblical support is not only for the general concept of equalization, but also for some of the current measures that have been suggested, and are in some cases being employed, to equalize wealth despairities within states. The two most common propo

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