Major Texas School Budget Cuts in the Works

[dmcowen674]

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Originally Posted by dmcowen674
Sounds like the great American Mecca of Texas is coming apart at the seams.

So much for that "No Child Left Behind". No it seems they will be leaving a whole lot behind.

its been changed to no corporation left behind...

Yes indeed it has.

Gold star for you :thumbsup:

 

[her209]

I wonder how much public school districts have to spend as a portion of their budget paying settlements and lawyers to defend against [frivilous] lawsuits.

 

[Siddhartha]

Last I checked illegal aliens dont cost the public school system $10billion every two years.

The State of Texas plans to short public school $10billion over the next two years.

The budget shortfall has nothing to with illegal aliens. It has everything to do with incompetent state leaders. The costs of illegals aliens is a drop in the bucket compared to the budget shortfall for both the state and public school systems.

Even if you eliminated the entire illegal immigrant "problem", Texas and its public schools would still be looking at the same massive cuts.

The #1 reason why the state of Texas is $10billion short in public education funding is they lowered the cap on property taxes, and replaced that funding with a tax on business that has not produced anywhere close to the tax revenue they cut.

Texas cutting $10 billion from their education budget is another of the benefit of "Small government". Maybe they hoping to be able to import well educated workers from other states and countries.

 

[Craig234]

I wonder how much public school districts have to spend as a portion of their budget paying settlements and lawyers to defend against [frivilous] lawsuits.

I don't know the answer, but there's a benefit to the existence of the lawsuits we have - they are the only real deterrent to all kinds of bad behavior that would cost a fortune.

Wait for a corporation to remove the glass ceiling because it's the moral and even practical thing to do, and you might have a long wait.

Allow lawsuits for discrimination, and suddenly there are corporate guidelines dictating equality, workshops, affirmative action, a change to corporate culture.

That doesn't mean that aren't some frivolous lawsuits, but there is a benefit - and many of these issues, like food safety, have a high price tag to doing it wrong.