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14th Amendment For Education In Salt Lake
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Federal public education funding is equivalent to 0.51% of total taxpayer income. State and local funding is equivalent to 3.26%. Funding for K-12 education totals $878.2 billion or $17,700 per pupil. The difference between spending and funding is $21.0 billion, or $420 per pupil.
While education may not be a "fundamental right" under the Constitution, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment requires that when a state establishes a public school system (as in Texas), no child living in that state may be denied equal access to schooling.
It's official: Utah returns to ranking last in the nation for per-pupil education spending. While the national average is $15,633, Utah's spending stands at $9,552 per student, placing the state 51st for Fiscal Year 2022.
For decades, income tax has been Utah's primary source of state education funding. However, over the past 30 years, income tax revenue has been diverted for other uses, and the legislature cut the rate from 7% to 4.55% (Figures 1 and 2).
Teachers are protected from discrimination based on race, gender, and age. Discrimination based on disability or national origin is also prohibited. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects teachers at public schools.
A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The amendment's first section includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges or immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One.