Oct 16 2009
“Broke” South Carolina Schools Spend $8.4 Billion
If you have never visited the Voice for School Choice Web site, I highly recommend you pop over there from time to time. They really do an excellent job of combing through all the financial records of all of the school districts in our state and laying out how much of our money they are wasting away despite always whining about having no money.
Last year South Carolina school districts spent a combined total of $8.4 billion. That is more than the budget of the entire state government. It equates to approximately $12,000 per student, which is enormously high. It is an increase of 8.5% from the previous year despite only 44 cents of every dollar spent reaching the class room and according to test scores absolutely no educational benefit whatsoever.
I wonder what Jim Rex has to say about that. He wants to be our next governor.
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About that increase, you must remember that act 388 requires more state money to go to the schools to replace the local sales tax that was eliminated. Just another example of how Voice For School Choice distorts the facts….and now, apparently you as well.
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What’s distorted? Whether the money comes from the state or the locality they are still spending and wasting more money they don’t need.
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