Counties get funds earmarked for specific purposes, but almost always at less than their costs. The monumental boost in state aid to local schools a few years ago, from less than 50 percent to 66 percent of the costs of operations, is constantly mentioned as a reason why the state can't afford such things as higher pay for university professors without big increases in tuition, more funds for taking care of the elderly in their homes - and modest increases in municipal and county shared revenues. This is the county version of municipal protests against frozen shared revenues. Meanwhile about 100 school districts are suing the state in the Supreme Court to force a new state aid distribution pattern, arguing that the present hybrid favors kids in districts that are rich in property value and discriminates against kids in poor districts. The list could go on but the examples suffice to illustrate the problem.
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