55,000 x $7,000 per year x 12 grades = $4.62 Billion
According to this source :
“Already ranked a dismal 46th in the nation in per pupil spending last year, the California public education budget has fallen to 47th among the states, according to the respected annual report on the nation’s public schools produced by Education Week.”
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“Adjusted for cost of living, California spends $7,571 per student, compared to $9,963 per student nationally. With our state’s students shortchanged by an average of nearly $2,400 per pupil, the survey gave California an “F” in the category of school spending.”
In other words, California isn’t even spending ENOUGH on per pupil education according to some liberals.
And your $7,000 per pupil estimate is on the LOW SIDE.
If we recalculate based on the above figures:
55,0000 X $7,571 X 12 = CLOSE TO $5 BILLION !!
And what is Moonbeam gonna do if the Teacher’s Union whines about the state NOT spending enough on kids?
I wonder how the math works out if spending per legal resident student is calculated?