Posted on 09/13/2005 8:38:05 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
BS. 300 kids added to my kid's HS. His English teacher moved to full time speech to handle the overflow. He get's a NO teacher in her place. NO is dead last in testing for public schools, correct? Not happy one little bit.
Send the bill to Louisiana.
1. Their students get a better education in Texas than they did in LA.
2. The cost per student is probably LOWER in Texas than it was in LA so it could actually be a cost savings to the LA taxpayers.
3. If LA won't pay us for educating their students, then send the bill to the US Dept of Education.
They'll get the money.
Now I understand why my Conservative Congressman voted against the $52 billion. He wanted an oversight committee to make sure the money went to the proper things.
"In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, Texas Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley anticipated spending about $7,500 per student for the current school year. That would amount to more than $450 million in needed funding to cover the costs of educating an estimated 60,000 school-age evacuees."
$7500 per student?
For a class of 30 ... 7 500 * 30 = 225 000
So they could afford to hir three full time teachers at $40,000 each and have $100,000 left over for overhead.
That must be some fine education.
/sarcasm
A few days ago, my sister was saying she thought this might happen. We live in Florida, but she and her husband decided to send their "charity" donation to Texas or a particular county that were accommodating evacuees, as she figured they'll be the ones bearing the brunt of the expenses.
Looks like she was right.
The looting continues.
I don't understand. Take the money that was going to pay for those kids education in LA and give it to TX. I'm sure it won't pay for all of it since LA doesn't seem to be very serious about education, but it's a start.
If FEMA were to gut its budget by running a school system in Texas, the liberal MSM would be screaming bloody murder when FEMA had no funds to help victims in, say, the Carolinas when the latest hurricane hits.
Then again, the liberal MSM is in full "Gotcha!" mode and will scream bloddy murder no matter what.
"I don't understand. Take the money that was going to pay for those kids education in LA and give it to TX. I'm sure it won't pay for all of it since LA doesn't seem to be very serious about education, but it's a start."
I'm sure the schools will get the federal per student/per day allowance. What FEMA is saying is they won't do more than the Feds normally do per student.
The reason this is a concern is that most of the education budgets in most counties comes not from the Federal government but from local property taxes.
Suggesting that the US Dept. of Education is responsible for paying for the education of students is as wrongheaded as saying FEMA is a first responder for disasters such as hurricanes.
I say chill, people. This article was titled to inflame people.
I'm sure the schools will get reimbursement ("impact aid), just not from FEMA funds. The Texas governor as much as says that but you have to read down to the middle of the article to find it.
These evacuees are still being shuffled and re-setteld all over the place in small groups, so it's way too early to start casting mud about which school districts are going to be most impacted. City schools here are way under-utilized anyway because most people with a choice send their kids to private school.
And yet the education pimps are forever demanding more more more money.
"3. If LA won't pay us for educating their students, then send the bill to the US Dept of Education."
If Louisiana is not bankrupt already they may be soon.
By getting even more from "Robin Hood."
and blanco gets off scott free.
texas should bus them all back to la. shreveport, alexanrdria, monroe, lafayette, and lake charles could handle them.
Actually the US Dept of Education should be defunded and eliminated altogether, but that isn't going to happen is it. However, if the State of Texas incurs the cost of educating Louisiana residents displaced by the hurricane and then Louisiana refuses to pay said costs, then the federal gov't would be the next recourse (and it could divert funds it would otherwise have sent to Louisiana to pay for it if necessary).
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