School tax cap debate eyes California, Massachusetts
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In the ongoing debate over whether to cap Long Island's school taxes, taxpayer groups point to Massachusetts as an shining example while school groups counter by citing California as an abysmal failure.
In 1980, Massachusetts imposed statewide property tax caps under a referendum known as Proposition 21/2 because it set the annual limit for taxes at 2.5 percent. Its math and reading test scores...
