Posted on 03/07/2016 12:23:32 PM PST by MichCapCon
Michigan’s K-12 public schools received more dollars per student last year than any time during the previous 18 years, according to a report recently released by the Michigan Department of Education.
The figures refer to funding for day-to-day operations, not revenue from property taxes dedicated to repaying debt on buildings and capital improvements.
The information is compiled in an annual report, "Bulletin 1014," that shows the average school district received $9,457 for operations in the 2014-15 school year. That's the highest level since the state began posting this information in the 1997-98 school year.
The MDE report tracks local, state and federal dollars dedicated to each school district’s general fund, which is used for regular expenses like teacher salaries, classroom supplies and administration.
The state’s share of this funding has increased over the last five years to a record $7,127 per pupil; in the 2009-10 school year, it was $6,191 per student. If inflation is factored in, that $6,191 in 2009-10 increases to $6,729 for 2014-15.
In contrast, the federal share has fallen significantly since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as President Obama’s stimulus program, which flooded public schools with billions of dollars. In Michigan, federal dollars accounted for $905 and $971 per pupil for general fund spending in 2009-10 and 2010-11, respectively. In the last two school years, however, the level of federal funding has dropped to an average of $513 per-pupil.
Of course it is the most money in last 18 years. I bet it’s a record year every year.
It's to cover pensions and other goodies for retired teachers, administrators and other employees.
A slush fund for democRat operatives.
Pretty soon there will be one administrator for every child in school
Just like there is one government Welfare bureaucrat for every family on Welfare.
Gee, if I had 7,000 bucks per child I could have put them into some really good private schools.
Of course. Actual government spending, on anything at any level, rarely decreases in real terms. When they wail about “budget cuts,” they mean that they submitted their budget request for 76 trombones, 110 cornets, and three kittens, and the funding authority cut one of the kittens.
Liberals will NEVER be happy with spending. When is enough enough? There is no limit. They could announce, tomorrow, that 1 trillion dollars per student will be spent and in five minutes the teachers would be out complaining it wasn’t 1.1 trillion. Never give a liberal what they want. Never. They only want more.
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