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发帖数: 19398 | 1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Soaring tax revenues have carried per-pupil education
spending in California beyond where it stood before the recession, but even
the record sum proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is unlikely to reverse the state
's standing as a comparative miser when it comes to investing in public
schools, advocates and education officials said.
Brown, a Democrat known for preaching fiscal restraint, released a budget
plan last week that would boost state spending per student to $10,591 in the
next fiscal year, compared to $8,564 per student in 2007 and $7,008 during
the worst of the recession. The rebound stems from a constitutional
amendment that guarantees schools a minimum level of annual funding, an
amount that grows considerably, as now, during good economic times.
While expressing gratitude, lawmakers and school officials noted that with
California consistently ranking in the bottom 10 in state-by-state rankings
of school expenditures, student-teacher ratios and other measures, the
latest infusion may not be enough to get the state to the national average,
never mind the top of the charts.
"We have to be aware of the fact that even though we have increased our
funding in education, we're still number 40-something in the nation, so we'
re still far, far behind in terms of adequately funding our schools in
comparison to other states," said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego,
who heads the Assembly budget committee.
Brown's proposal would increase the state's overall K-12 spending to $51
billion, or $1.4 billion more than the current year. The figure reflects
both cuts attributed to projected enrollment declines and more than $3.2
billion in new funds.
Most of the money — $2.8 million — would go toward accelerating one of
Brown's signature initiatives: a new school funding formula that directs
extra funds to schools with the most students learning to speak English,
from low-income families or living in foster care.
Brown said the funding would bring the formula close to full implementation,
a milestone the state originally did not expect to reach until 2020. The
funding formula also encourages districts to set class sizes kindergarten
through third grades at no more than 24.
Even if California ideally would be spending more on its schools,
redistributing the money it does spend could narrow the achievement gap in a
state where half the students are eligible for free school meals and 22
percent are learning to speak English, Education Trust-West Executive
Director Ryan Smith said.
"The governor's kept his promise in creating a more equitable funding system
. It's now up to policy makers, districts and schools to live up to their
end of the bargain in getting results for students," Smith said.
Mike Walsh, a Butte County school board member who serves as vice president
of the California School Boards Association, said school leaders are
thankful for what would be a fourth consecutive year of budget growth
following the same number of painful cuts.
At the same time, they are mindful that schools also are being tasked with
carrying out instructional, staffing and testing reforms linked to the new
funding formula and the Common Core standards — all of which cost money,
Walsh said.
"It's not like we are arguing to be #1 in spending. We are just suggesting
that we are moving in the right direction but still have a lot to do to get
back to average in spending, even if it was just to hire more teachers to do
the work we have been asked to do."
State-by-state comparisons of per-pupil funding are based on federal data
that typically are a few years old. Education Week's Quality Counts report,
a respected ranking system that accounts for regional living costs and
poverty rates, last week listed California at 46th among the states with per
-student spending of $8,213 in 2013, far below the national average of $11,
667.
Since then, schools have received sizable funding bumps thanks to revenue
from income tax growth, observed Public Policy Institute of California
Research Associate Paul Warren. Increases in 2014-15 and 2015-16 may already
have gotten California to the national average, although it likely will be
another two years before state-by-state standings can confirm that, Warren
said.
And while Brown's 2016-17 budget takes a more modest approach, "things are
probably going to be rosier in June than they are now," if negotiations with
the Legislature and higher-than-anticipated tax revenues yield a bigger
payoff for schools, he said.
The new proposal "is the standard Jerry Brown woe-is-me budget, which
personally I think is the best approach for schools," Warren said. "Let's
not get overly excited about how much money is out there, let's put it out
in a paced way so they can absorb it, and not get out ahead of yourself and
have to cut because you overspent." | a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 2 平均值不多啊
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【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Soaring tax revenues have carried per-pupil education
: spending in California beyond where it stood before the recession, but even
: the record sum proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is unlikely to reverse the state
: 's standing as a comparative miser when it comes to investing in public
: schools, advocates and education officials said.
: Brown, a Democrat known for preaching fiscal restraint, released a budget
: plan last week that would boost state spending per student to $10,591 in the
: next fiscal year, compared to $8,564 per student in 2007 and $7,008 during
: the worst of the recession. The rebound stems from a constitutional
: amendment that guarantees schools a minimum level of annual funding, an
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发帖数: 4141 | 3 加多少钱都没用，加州现在问题是，学区越烂钱越多，什么免费午餐，free
afterschool care，学生一人发一个ipad或laptop，华人多，成绩好一点的区，连音乐课
都要靠每年的fundrise来筹款，GATE 这种program都是名存实亡。 | a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 4 这大问题不是加州才有。芝加哥也是这样。
从我看的行业的各种新闻，基本色美国都是。
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【在 n****8 的大作中提到】
: 加多少钱都没用，加州现在问题是，学区越烂钱越多，什么免费午餐，free
: afterschool care，学生一人发一个ipad或laptop，华人多，成绩好一点的区，连音乐课
: 都要靠每年的fundrise来筹款，GATE 这种program都是名存实亡。
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