ose children attend private schools, but who pay property taxes nonetheless).
Children are targets for equity because education can be viewed as an investment in the child's future. Another approach that is useful when considering children as equity targets is that the bulk of a child's day is spent in school or in education-related activities, and that those activities should be experienced in an equitable manner. Taxpayers can be considered equity targets because school finance applies to those who pay for education services. Taxpayers as equity targets also can be expanded to an entire household unit, and equity considerations can be based on the equity of the household unit's education, not just schooling (8).
The authors choose to focus their attention on children rather than taxpayers because they consider tha
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