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Overview of Education Funding
• Public schools funded by local property taxes• Managed at the district level
Arguments For Equitable Funding
• Lower income school districts would receive more money (Funding gap 2005)
• True equity of opportunity• The quality of the average education would
increase
Arguments against Equitable Funding
• Taxes paid should go to the districts those people live in
• If money is equally distributed, the highest quality schools would lose quality
No Child Left Behind
• Passed in 2001• Sets academic standards for schools,
measured by standardized tests • Incentives for school that meet requirements• Schools required to provide for students when
standards not met
Pros/Cons of NCLB
Pros• Encourages schools to
improve and perform well• Sets national standards for
educational quality• Requires lagging schools to
reach standards
cons• Less funding for struggling
schools• Does not provide funding to
carry out the bills provisions• Federal intrusion into a
“state issue”
Race to the Top
• Part of American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009
• Sets criteria to measure improvement in education quality• Offers additional funding to states that can display a significant improvement
Pros/cons of Race to the Top
Pros• Sets comprehensive list of
requirements for improvement
• Sets incentives for improvement
• Cannot lose funding if standards are not met
Cons• Not all states are eligible for
the extra funding (opt-in)• Does not focus on
improving low achieving schools
• Does not require schools to increase performance
Interest Groups
• KNEA (Kansas National Education Association)• Increased investment in public education• Adequate funding for all public schools
Interest Groups
• The Heritage Foundation• Returning education authority to the states• Belief that steps to equity of education will
lead to mediocre education
Statistics
• The U.S. spent $562.3 billion in the 2006-2007 school year. (NECS)
• In the 2006-07 school year, the government spent $10,041 per student on average (NECS)
Recent Developments
• The start of the Race to the Top Program (July 24, 2009)
• Phase 2 decisions announced on August 24, 2010
Green Party Opinion
• The Green Party supports choice in the type of education
• Green Party supports an equitable distribution of state and national funding
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