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Updated: 8:54 PM Jul 24, 2008
Lansing Schools Have Some Money to Spend
The district will receive extra cash from the state which will go toward new textbooks. Posted: 5:53 PM Jul 24, 2008Reporter: John Tramontana Email Address: john.tramontana@wilx.com |
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It sounds like the previous responders, like most taxpayers, don't understand the real issue. When proposal A was passed in 1994? the goal of the proposal WAS to equalize funding throughout the state. It seems fair and reasonable that state tax dollars should be split fairly regardless of how the school was funded in the past. Most school districts are at minimum funding levels. There are districts, like East Lansing, that receive far more money per student than the surrounding districts. If you're curious about how much money your school district receives or others around it, check out: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/Departments/DepartmentPublications/FoundationHistory94to07.pdf. We need to continue to narrow the per pupil funding gap. It's not just "dead-end" districts that receive less.
why pour more money into dead end districts?? in most cases the students will end up with the same end result.. drop-out, failure, dead etc. put the lions share of the money in districts where good kids can stay on the cutting edge.. more money will not change the kind of people you are dealing with..
Don't try to get another local election for more funding for our schools. Just means we get less from the state, so if I agree to pay more property tax for schools, it goes to other districts....