Fact vs. Fiction in School Funding

Don't be misled about school funding!

When your legislators talk about the huge percentage of the state budget that is being spent on education, shouldn't they be showing the comparison between the current budget and the 2008 budget before $300 MILLION was slashed?

Even those of us who are math challenged know that taking the same percentage out of an already bare bones budget will hurt public schools. Here are some examples from one school district, FWCS (click images for larger version):

To read more about the budget process and what it really means, click on these links:

• State budget proposal shifts aid toward wealthy schools

• Indiana House GOP budget plan includes funding boosts for schools districts, charter schools

• Republicans nix separate charter school, voucher funding

• Indiana’s $115 million voucher program also draws funding from the same source as Indiana public school corporations. Any resources directed to voucher schools directly impacts public schools and charters, lowering the overall amount available to be distributed to them.

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