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Originally Posted by Vautrin
But how is funding organized exactly anyway?
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Every homeowner is charged 'school taxes' regardless of whether they have kids in school or not. (It's like paying for the road even if you don't own a car.) Anyway....I think it pays 1/3 of the actual school costs. The rest is a government expense based on the number of kids who go to each school. Children who qualify for disability, remedial or at the other end of the line - gifted courses get more money for the school to use as operational costs. There are also tons of grants available for schools. Some are good...some aren't.
School's also get paid to provide free or reduced breakfast and lunch for kids who's incomes are less than $26,000 a year (I think that's the amount). In an area like I live, not counting the Navy base, this includes most of the local kids. It's not an embarassment or anything.
Now, since each child has an 'amount' due to him for schooling each year....some states...such as Florida....have the much argued over school vouchers. This means the state sends the private school or magnet school the money this child would be bringing in if they were in public school. It's been a great financial loss to the public school system.
Granted, the public schools are over crowded and the money is misappropriated in many areas. I still support the public school system, but I do feel a parent has the right to make a choice if their child should be home schooled or in private schools. I know Randomskater is homeschooled and he probably has a better education than most kids coming out of a public school.