[Mr. K]

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THE MONEY THEY’VE BEEN GIVEN?

It is the increasing layers of bureaucracy - administrators and assistant administrators and deputies and their countless secretaries and assistants and now you have to have bus assistants and crossing guards.

[Cheerio]

It is the increasing layers of bureaucracy - administrators and assistant administrators and deputies and their countless secretaries and assistants and now you have to have bus assistants and crossing guards.

AND don't forget "Armed School Resource Officers" (who hide behind cars in case of an attack).

[Teacher317]

You are 100% correct. The percentage of the budget going to classroom supplies, teachers and teaching has been in constant decline for decades. Counseling personnel, Special Ed everything, specialized infrastructure (like a million dollar theater, or a multi-million-dollar swimming venue, etc), servicing the pension fund (thank you corrupt and anti-education unions), and the endless stream of "innovative new programs!!!!" all take much higher priority than anything that actually facilitates classroom instruction on the 3 R's.

(Note #1: schools are funded by the state based on their student population... so schools with 40 kids per room should be getting a river of funds...)

(Note #2: Special Ed students bring in more state and federal dollars per student, so all US schools literally have a vested interest in putting a Special Ed label on every child possible.)