WHITEKER: Tracking Texas’ education spending

Lufkin News ^ | 10/08/2014 | MARY ANN WHITEKER

[thetallguy24]

Moak Casey & Associates released their newest version of “Tracking the Education Dollar in Texas Public Schools” on behalf of the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards. Contrary to public school critics, the 2013 school expenditures reflected 60.8 percent of the $52.4 billion in state funds were spent on direct instruction for the 4.9 million children in Texas public schools.

Direct instruction includes teacher salaries and benefits, instructional materials, teacher aides and librarians. Add another 21.4 percent for instructional support, which includes principals, counselors, and nurses. Approximately 14.9 percent of a district’s funds provide transportation, food service, student safety, technology support, building maintenance and upkeep, grounds maintenance, utilities and a vast number of ever increasing state mandates. The remaining 2.9 percent of a district’s revenue is budgeted for central administration, which includes all central office staff, legal services, audit and accounting services and the costs of tax appraisal and collections.

Every school district must account for expenditures using codes that allow for extensive analysis of what is purchased, how it will be used and the source of revenue for the expenditure. The budget process and expenditures are subject to in-depth audits annually to insure compliance with all state and federal guidelines.

[thetallguy24]

"It is imperative our state legislators remember that our children don’t attend red schools or blue schools. Elected officials must drop the partisan rhetoric and work together for all children. Providing a quality education is a Texas issue."

"Mary Ann Whiteker is the superintendent of Hudson ISD. Her email address is mwhiteker@hudsonisd.org."

Thousand bucks Whiteker is a Dem

[txrefugee]

Obviously, we are not getting the quality we are paying for. Unfortunately, neither Texas nor any other state can buy brains for students or teachers.

[TLI]

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