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Don't agree with that at all.
Posted on: May 8, 2023 at 12:37:01 CT
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By "our educational system spends more in poor areas" do you mean local, state or feds? And, Missouri is ranked 47th in school funding.
Professor Baker's analysis is spot on:
https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2022/09/06/missouri-school-funding-system-equity/
Using the NCES, you can see how property taxes accounted for over 60% of all school funding in Missouri in 2020.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_235.20.asp
In Pennsylvania, for example, (in the news the past few weeks since they have a huge court case in their state related to school funding), the poorest school districts spend $4,800 less per pupil. And, 86% of students in PA attend schools which aren't funded at state law levels.
https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/expert-reports
Disparities in local funding (tied to property taxes) are pretty historically consistent and blatant. School districts with high-value property are often able to fund their schools above the minimum level established by the state, contributing to wider disparities. It's why NY spends $25k per student (on average across the entire state) but there are massive differences between Scarsdale Union Free School District and the per pupil expenditure in the Bronx. Those disparities become drastically more apparent during economic downturns or when states reduce funding levels because wealthier school districts benefit from relatively stable revenues from property taxes.
And, not only are local property taxes a massive source of funding disparities, but state funding formulas are problematic. For example, in the annual "Making the Grade" report analyzes the educational funding across states and is generally considered a reliable and consistent analytical source for illuminating educational funding disparities.
According to the 2022 report (I don't believe the 2023 report has been released yet), 14 states spend more per pupil in districts with low poverty levels and less in districts with high poverty levels. Nevada spends $12,798 per pupil in districts with a low poverty level but spends only $8,731 in high-poverty areas, a difference of 32 percent. The disparity of greater funding for better-off areas than for poorer districts is 18 percent in Illinois, 17 percent in Missouri, and 14 percent in Connecticut, to pick a few examples.
Only in Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, and New Jersey did state governments deliver over 5 percent of direct public school spending in 2020.
Compare that to 20 years ago.
In 2020, the feds accounted for 8 percent of total revenues for PK-12 education ($60 billion), states 47 percent ($377 billion), and local governments provided 45 percent ($357 billion).
And, in the past 20 years, PK-12 spending has grown at a slower rate than spending on public welfare, health and hospitals, higher education, police expenditures, etc.
I'd love to see the data you reference.
It's mythical to suggest inner city schools aren't underfunded. You're not the only one with experience there.
Edited by LamarFrazier at 12:45:48 on 05/08/23
Professor Baker's analysis is spot on:
https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2022/09/06/missouri-school-funding-system-equity/
Using the NCES, you can see how property taxes accounted for over 60% of all school funding in Missouri in 2020.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_235.20.asp
In Pennsylvania, for example, (in the news the past few weeks since they have a huge court case in their state related to school funding), the poorest school districts spend $4,800 less per pupil. And, 86% of students in PA attend schools which aren't funded at state law levels.
https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/expert-reports
Disparities in local funding (tied to property taxes) are pretty historically consistent and blatant. School districts with high-value property are often able to fund their schools above the minimum level established by the state, contributing to wider disparities. It's why NY spends $25k per student (on average across the entire state) but there are massive differences between Scarsdale Union Free School District and the per pupil expenditure in the Bronx. Those disparities become drastically more apparent during economic downturns or when states reduce funding levels because wealthier school districts benefit from relatively stable revenues from property taxes.
And, not only are local property taxes a massive source of funding disparities, but state funding formulas are problematic. For example, in the annual "Making the Grade" report analyzes the educational funding across states and is generally considered a reliable and consistent analytical source for illuminating educational funding disparities.
According to the 2022 report (I don't believe the 2023 report has been released yet), 14 states spend more per pupil in districts with low poverty levels and less in districts with high poverty levels. Nevada spends $12,798 per pupil in districts with a low poverty level but spends only $8,731 in high-poverty areas, a difference of 32 percent. The disparity of greater funding for better-off areas than for poorer districts is 18 percent in Illinois, 17 percent in Missouri, and 14 percent in Connecticut, to pick a few examples.
Only in Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, and New Jersey did state governments deliver over 5 percent of direct public school spending in 2020.
Compare that to 20 years ago.
In 2020, the feds accounted for 8 percent of total revenues for PK-12 education ($60 billion), states 47 percent ($377 billion), and local governments provided 45 percent ($357 billion).
And, in the past 20 years, PK-12 spending has grown at a slower rate than spending on public welfare, health and hospitals, higher education, police expenditures, etc.
I'd love to see the data you reference.
It's mythical to suggest inner city schools aren't underfunded. You're not the only one with experience there.
Edited by LamarFrazier at 12:45:48 on 05/08/23
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