NEW MEXICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING: ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? By Kalina Leisey.
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NEW MEXICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING: ARE WE DOING ENOUGH?By Kalina Leisey
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WHY DO SCHOOLS NEED MORE FUNDING?
• Many schools are in poor conditions
• There is a small amount of teachers
• Most schools are in need of new equipment
• A school on a reservation had no fire alarms (Barker)
• “New Mexico devotes less than 45% of its $6.2 billion budget to education” (Williamson)
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WHY AREN’T SCHOOLS GETTING FUNDED NOW?
• New Mexico's poverty rate is second highest in the nation and the state has failed to account for that in its school funding (Williamson).
• New Mexico’s government funding went down $874 in 2008 (Leachman and Mai) and has gone down every year since because of its small population.
• Other services, like public transport, construction, etc. are also in need of funding.
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IS ANYTHING ALREADY BEING DONE?
• Santa Fe Public Schools, Gallup-McKinley County School District and Moriarty-Edgewood School District all sued the state for lack of funding last year which was the third lawsuit filed that year (Williamson).
• The trial is still on-going, but many people have gained awareness of this problem and the demand for funding is ever-growing.
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
• The education of children should be one of the most important things to be funded because it’s our future we’re funding.
• We should be giving these children good educations since this generation will soon be running our world.
• It may seem like it’s only taking away new books this year, and light bulbs next year, but next thing you know, you’ll be wishing those fire alarms had been working.
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WORKS CITED
• Barker, Larry. "The Most Dangerous School in America?" KRQE News 13. 7 Nov. 2014. Web. 8 Feb. 2015.
• Leachman, Michael, and Chris Mai. "Most States Funding Schools Less Than Before the Recession." Www.cbpp.org. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 20 May 2014. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
• May, Jay F. "Charter School Funding: Inequality Expands." Www.uaedreform.org. 1 Apr. 2014. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
• Williamson, Richard. "New Mexico Schools Sue for Higher State Funding." 20 Oct. 2014. Bond Buyer. Web. 8 Feb. 2015