Name/Title
Political ButtonEntry/Object ID
2000.21.1Description
Black political pin with red outline of the state of Vermont, which is white, a red slash across the state image and the words, "Act-60, Statewide property tax.Context
There was fierce opposition to the creation in 1997 of a statewide property tax to fund education and thus this pin.
"Act 60, known as "The Equal Educational Opportunity Act", was a Vermont law enacted in June 1997 by the Vermont legislature intended to achieve a fair balance of educational spending across school districts, independent of the degree of prosperity within each district.[1] The law was in response to a Vermont Supreme Court decision in the Brigham vs. State of Vermont case,[2] wherein the court ruled that Vermont’s then existing educational funding system was unconstitutional, because it allowed students in towns with higher total property values to receive a higher level of education funding per pupil than students in towns with lower property values. Act 60 was followed by Acts 68 and 130, which addressed some imbalances caused by Act 60."
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_60_(Vermont_law)Acquisition
Accession
2000.21Source or Donor
Smith, Bryan K.H.Acquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Button, PoliticalNomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, PoliticalNomenclature Sub-Class
Belief SymbolsNomenclature Class
Personal SymbolsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Vermont Legislature, Vermont Agency of EducationRelated Places
Place
City
MontpelierCounty
Washington CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America