These exempt properties don't pay taxes adding to the burden of homeowners who do. Another interesting problem is the substandard tax collection rate in the Borough of Norristown. Apparently the legal mechanisms available to enforce collection of past due real estate taxes are complex and ineffective, with violators able to easily appeal collection efforts and procrastinate in the payment of their tax obligations indefinitely. We hear more and more about the desirability of establishing new charter schools in an effort to improve the quality of education available to our students. The supporters of the charter school movement would convince us that they are just applying free market principals to the process of education.
Competition improves products and services.
It is the American way. Again, an examination of charter school operations and how they are funded reveals some real problems. A school district must reimburse a charter school for each student from the district attending that particular charter school. Such an arrangement is not revenue neutral. The elimination of a student does not eliminate all the costs attributed to that student.