Public Education Funding - A Shell Game : I See No Evil - -

I wonder which state has the most problems with funding education and which state is controlled by progressive Democrats? Believe that if those states are progressive and say they have no problems with education that more money won't fix, you know you are being hosed, again.

Wisconsin was one of those states that used education and its minions as tools for elections until Scott Walker, a strong Republican, changed all that when he passed Act 10. It can be done but it will take honest effort and hard work to fix problems which leaves out Democrats.

Progressive Democrats take, they have no intention of giving anything in return except confusion and chaos.

Lack of Financial Transparency in Public Education
Source: "Cracking the Books: How Well Do State Education Departments Report Public School Spending?"  Cato Institute, October 2013.

October 8, 2013

Public schools are usually the most costly item in state and local budgets. Yet despite tremendous and persistent spending growth in the last half-century, the public vastly underestimates the true cost of public education, says the Cato Institute.

To better understand the source of this misperception, the Cato Institute examines the spending data that all 50 state education departments make available to the public on their websites. The report reveals that very few state education departments provide complete and timely financial data that is understandable to the general public.

• Half of all states report a "per pupil expenditures" figure that leaves out major cost items such as capital expenditures, thereby significantly understating what is actually spent. Alaska does not even report per pupil expenditure figures at all.
• Eight states fail to provide any data on capital expenditures on their education department websites. Ten states lack any data on average employee salaries and 41 states fail to provide any data on average employee benefits.

When the state education departments provide incomplete or misleading data, they deprive taxpayers of the ability to make informed decisions about public school funding. At a time when state and local budgets are severely strained, it is crucial that spending decisions reflect sound and informed judgment.