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    I believe that education is essential to America’s future generations and how well we can compete with the rest of the world in diverse fields, therefore school funding should not be cut. The budget for the Department of Education has been reduced and cut in many ways. Some solutions the government thought they had found, such as the No Child Left Behind Act, turned out to increase the budget, rather than reduce it. The cutting of teachers’ unions and reduction of class sizes have also been suggested

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    the public school system. So many that there needs to be a time to stop and ask the right questions. Which issue is most pressing? Which issue is having the biggest impact on the ultimate goal to equally and effectively educate all that pass through public schools? One issue that seems to answer both of the aforementioned questions is that of school funding. School funding has a tremendous impact on so many aspects of school. It affects so many different groups that have ties to the school. The impact

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    many parents would like to send their children to a school that does not even have the resources to teach them appropriately? There are many schools that do not receive the funding they need in order for students to learn, while other schools have more than enough. Students in the lower funded schools are further behind and less likely to succeed compared to the students from the other schools. Therefore, all public schools should receive equal funding because all children deserve to have the same education

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    that school fundings being equal will give everyone a good education, but school fundings based on each area will lead to more extracurriculars/ resources. EXAMPLE SET-UP: Kids need extracurriculars for a child’s development. When students get involved in school, then it helps them get better grades and perform better. It is a huge advantage for a school to have many resources/ extracurriculars that they can have. School fundings determine how many of these supplies schools have

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    of importance in the public school system. Most successful careers start with elementary, middle and high school education. So it is safe to say it is vital to maintain a major funding for all public school’s systems across the country. Of course funding isn’t the only broken piece of a perfect school system because not every school is in an appropriate environment. There are many factors that follow what type of funding each school gets and also how much. Many schools are placed in low income or

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    is funding. KIPP is a charter school and therefore does not receive the same funding as public schools in the United States. Public schools are funded through local, state, and federal sources, 10% federal and the remaining 90% is from state and local sources. Charter schools only receive funding from the reallocation of state tax revenues, which in Texas amounts to roughly $8,000 per student. KIPP receives less funding than that of other Texas charter schools and they do not receive funding for

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    The majority of secondary schools in the United States are subsidized merely off of taxes and standardized exam ratings. However, alternative urban preparatory school divisions are lacking the proper curriculum for individual pupils to victoriously prosper. Adequate financing in educational institutions is required in order to dispense all students with a preeminent quality education. A absence of financial support in high- poverty schools is a consequential issue that affects academic performance

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    pervasive, discriminatory practice of Unequal School Funding. Whether education is a fundamental right depends on judicial analysis of each state court Today, a child’s only hope for the government’s recognition of education as a fundamental right depends on state courts, each applying their own unique standards and rules. 1. Unequal School Funding is a Pervarsive American Practice “Unequal School Funding” is the practice in which a school district’s funding is based on unequal property taxes within

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    How Does the Child’s School District Wealth Affect a Child’s Education? Educational funding for school districts is an ongoing war. A war that will be fought till equality is achieved. A school district’s wealth is affected by a number of reasons such as its property wealth, the race of the people who live there and their socio-economic status. Some districts are wealthier than others. Wealthy districts get more funding than poor districts because they have more property wealth and people with high

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    rivalry, school tradition or even that favorite math class. It is simply about business and survival. Education has transitioned from the days of text books and chalkboards to e-learning and energy cuts. The change in the mind-set of administrators and school boards from expanding schools to schools surviving for the next school year is the result of the changes in Indiana educational funding. Micro- analyzing budgets, student counts, capital project funds, referendums, and worry about school vouchers

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