Facts of the Tax
Vocab
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The FINish
100
Sales Tax
What is: A small percentage charge added to all sales.
100
Accountability
What is: The public wanting to see success come from their money being spent towards education
100
Define "Categorical Grant"
What is: funds from the federal government directed at specific categories and targeted educational needs.
100
What is the ratio of teachers accepted into the field in Finland?
What is: 1 out of 10.
200
Personal Income Tax
What is: a tax collected through payroll deductions.
200
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Who is: Marian Wright Edelman. Founded the CDF in 1973.
200
Who struggles the most from Property Taxes?
What is: Urban areas.
200
Finland is ranked #1 as the ______ country in the world.
What is: happiest
300
Property Tax
What is: a tax based off of real estate (and sometimes personal property).
300
Robin Hood Reformers
What is: Reformers who used court cases to take from wealthier districts and redistribute the money to poorer districts.
300
Define "Block Grant"
What is: large sums of money from the federal government given directly to the states with few strings attached.
300
How are national tests in Finland different from in the US?
What is:
- fewer of them
- not for funding
- less emphasis on them
400
More than 40 states use a ____% sales tax
What is: 2-8%
400
Municipal Overburden
What is: the phenomenon that because urban areas have to focus funding on areas like police, hospitals, etc., it subtracts from their funding for schools.
400
Personal Income Tax brings in more than ____% of state revenue
What is: 25%
400
What is the famous unique sport in Finland, involving a married couple?
What is: the Wife-carrying Championship
500
Name three other types of revenue besides the main property, sales, and personal income taxes
What is:
Excise taxes (on tobacco, gasoline, liquor, etc.)
Severance tax (based on state’s mineral wealth
Motor vehicle license fees
State lotteries
500
Local Control
What is: keeping control over school funding on a stata/local level rather than national.
500
Who was listed in the very inner ring on the "Typical State School System" diagram?
Who is: principals, teachers, parents, and students.
500
Finland offers this for free at every level
What is: education