By directing adequate resources to schools and implementing sound budgeting practices, the District can help ensure that all students have what they need to succeed.
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As DC local fund revenue growth slows, lawmakers must protect the PEF from another funding raid and anticipate the natural growth in cost that accompanies its successful implementation and outcomes in future years.
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Tax advantages for residents at the top privilege white residents—who account for the vast majority of DC’s richest residents—and serve to concentrate their wealth. This comes at the expense of public investments in underserved communities that advance […]
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By better targeting property tax benefits, the District could free up revenue to expand much-needed programs.
DC’s single-rate property tax imposes the same rate on $300,000 homes as it does on multi-million-dollar homes. By taxing residential property more progressively, the District would help correct the racist harm of past policies in the tax system and raise […]
