Is Your State Short-Changing Schools?

IS YOUR STATE SHORT-CHANGING SCHOOLS? STATES SPENT ABOUT $15 BILLION LESS ON EDUCATION IN 2010 THAN IN 2009 2008-2009 BIGGEST STATE CUTS 2008-2009 1. South Dakota -22.2% 2. California -18.3% 3. South Carolina -12.6% 4. Alabama -12.5% 5. Florida -12.2% PERCENT REDUCTION IN STATE K-12 FUNDING MORE THAN 10% 0%-5% 5%-10% NO REDUCTION 2009-2010 BIGGEST STATE CUTS 2009-2010 1. Hawaii -39.9% 2. Minnesota -22.7% 3. Arizona -19.8% 4. Texas -16.2% 5. Nevada -13.7% PUTTING EDUCATION SECOND DESPITE CLAIMS THAT THE EDUCATION BUDGET NEEDS TO BE CUT. TEXAS WILL SUBSIDIZE GAS DRILLING WITH $2.4 BILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS OVERCROWDING GEORGIA CUTK - 12 FUNDING BY $403 MILLION IN 2011. LEADING THEIR BOARD OF EDUCATION TO EXEMPT SCHOOLS FROM CLASS SIZE REQUIREMENTS TUESDAY ELIMINATING SCHOOL DAYS HAWAII WAS FORCED TO TRANSPORATION CUTS MISSOURI IS CUTTING K-12 EARLY EDUCATION CUTS ARIZONA ELIMINATED 23 TRANSPORTATION BY 46%. LIKELY RESULTING IN LONGER RIDES AND THE ELIMINATION OF ROUTES FOR 565.000 STUDENTS PRESCHOOL FOR 4.328 CHILDREN AND HALVED FUNDING FOR KINDERGARTEN IN 2010 SHORTEN THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR BY 17 DAYS WITH $15 BILLION, SCHOOLS COULD Send us budget horror stories from your school: YourStory@Certification Map.com BUY 8 HIRE 300.000 SPEND $300 MORE ON EACH ENROLLED PURCHASE COMPUTERS ALMOST TEACHERS FOR PER CLASSROOM THE YEAR 17.000.000 IPAD 2s OR OR OR STUDENT SOURCES http://www.nasbo.orq/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=w7Rq074lIEw%3d&tabid-79 http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Public- education/Cutting-to-the-bone-At-a-qlance/Examples-of-state-and-district-funding-cuts.html http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/04/14/state-schools-chief-warns-more-deep-cuts-could-ban/ http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-13-08sfp.pdf http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/04/bobb_plans_to send_layoff_noti.html http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/11/2992318/texas-subsidizes-qas-drilling.html Brought to you by CertificationMap.com @TeacherCert Design by Francesca Greggs. Lemonwood Design LemonwoodDesign.com