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Tom Harkin: I have said for many years, can someone show me in the Constitution of the United States where it says that elementary…

On the recordApril 14, 2010
I have said for many years, can someone show me in the Constitution of the United States where it says that elementary and secondary education is to be funded by property taxes?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Questioning the constitutional basis for funding education through property taxes.

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