1/4 of all Texas ISDs sue for more socialism

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  1. A. BETTIK

    A. BETTIK 1,000+ Posts

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  2. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    ABettick
    But then should that ISD receive all the money the state collects in that district for education?
     
  3. Larry T. Spider

    Larry T. Spider 1,000+ Posts

    State funding for education is a clusterfuck in Texas.

    I see both sides of the issue. I grew up going to schools that sent a lot of money to other districts. I also currently own a house in a district where my money goes to "property poor" areas. Roughly 1/5 of my take home pay goes to property taxes. However, I work for a district that recieves outside money and clearly see the need for it. I dont know how a fast growing district such as mine would even be able to hire enough teachers and build enough new schools without outside money. I'm just talking basics here: classrooms and teachers.

    I don't have a good answer, but the rich areas will always be sending money to poor areas even if the taxes are collected in a different manner. The poor schools would not be able to operate even at a basic level otherwise.
     
  4. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    I agree , there has to be a way to allocate money to the poorer districts. They deserve the basics at least
    here is what kills me. and this is just one small example
    doing a new elementary school construction at one of the poorer districts I saw thousands of brand new elementary math history and social studies books still wrapped and still in plastic bins thrown away along with hundreds and hundreds of boxes of other supplies.
    Why? I guess no one wanted to move them from the old school to the new one.
    Supplies I know schools here in Dallas would beg to have.( and oddly enough Dallas sends some of its property taxes under robin Hood to other schools)

    This is just an example of when it is not your money people don't give a crap. This is true at any level of gov't.

    Last year this same school district was down in Austin lobbying for more money
     
  5. Larry T. Spider

    Larry T. Spider 1,000+ Posts

    Most districts are OCD when it comes to text books. Each year, we must account for each book and pay for any missing books out of our schools general fund that goes for things like field trips. When books are out of adoption and the state is buying new books, they are donated to poor countries. I am not disputing what you saw, it just goes against everything that I have seen. Hell, at my school we get fussed at for throwing out scrap paper because we get money for the paper in the recycling bin.
     
  6. pasotex

    pasotex 2,500+ Posts

    The Texas Constitution guarantees a public education to the children. The state is refusing to adequately fund education and has steadily reduced its percentage of funding. I guess it is "socialism" to follow the law as interpreted by the courts.
     
  7. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin


     
  8. majorwhiteapples

    majorwhiteapples 5,000+ Posts

    The problem with education is how much money is poured into the system. The more money poured into the system the more agenda's that are developed.

    In my industry we have a team that targets K-12 to obtain a certain percentage every year of their technology budget. We dedicate a team that has a quota of almost $100Million dollars.

    While I thing being connected is important one company should not be targeting K-12 in the state of Texas for $100M. That is aburd, there is too much money and too much waste. Cut the money and watch the waste go away.

    I still can't get the story of the DISD and corporate Credit Cards and the Big screen TV's being bought and teachers during the summer walking out of the schools and putting computers in their cars.

    I agree with the basics but cuts in spending need to occur until waste and fraud can be brought under control.

    Education has become big business/government that is out of control. It has one of those motto's don't deprive the kids, it puts politico's that want to make the right decisions back off because it is unpopular and they get villainfied(sp) for it.

    I am not saying cut teachers, but I bet if an independent group went in and audited each and every school, you would find 10-20% waste and fraud going on. I think that I am being conservative with those numbers.

    How many principals and administrators are truly needed? How fast of an internet connection is really needed? How up to date does the technology that connects to the internet need to be? How corrupt is the whole textbook racket?

    Stepping down off the soapbox, thank you very much.
     
  9. general35

    general35 5,000+ Posts

    i'm not sure how the money is allocated but it would make sense that the property taxes from a particular district gets pooled and allocated equally among the district schools. of course, if this happened there would be plenty of money but i think most of it goes to pay for the county hospitals and the free healthcare our government claims is not available although hundreds of patients are treated for free every day.
     
  10. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet


     
  11. AustinTejasFan

    AustinTejasFan 1,000+ Posts

    "if a school district is going to have the word 'Independent' in it, then that school district shouldn't receive more from the state than the state collects for education in that district. "

    Yeah. f**k those poor *************.
     
  12. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    Paso
    "The state is refusing to adequately fund education and has steadily reduced its percentage of funding"

    Did the lege decrease or increase the amount of money from the previous budget for K-12 in the budget just passed ?

    Larry T
    What your school district does is how I would have hoped a school would handle it. Seeing the waste of so many brand new unwrapped books and supplies was stunning but quite real.
     
  13. Larry T. Spider

    Larry T. Spider 1,000+ Posts

    I've read that it is a cut of $537 per student over the next two years. Meanwhile expectations with the staar test will be the highest ever in Texas starting next year.
     

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