Each of these revenue sources brings a school district's
local funding above the levels provided via direct appropriation from the county government.
Not exact matches
This article from a
local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra
funding (over and
above what the USDA reimburses schools)?
If, as in the example
above, state and
local funds are to support one teacher per 25 students in grades K - 3, the auditor would check that any Title I
funds spent on K - 3 teachers line up dollar for dollar with reductions below that baseline class size in Title I schools.
The large number of different programs
funded by state and
local governments makes it impossible to estimate the sources of divestment from higher education at a finer level than I have done
above.
Known as the
Local Control
Funding Formula, California's approach would allocate each district around $ 7,600 per student, on average, almost certainly putting a great many of the state's districts
above the $ 7,500 threshold after adjusting for differences in cost of living.
Not only would this result in increased
funding as noted
above, but it would also provide more accurate property values per WADA for which state and
local revenues are determined.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities» analysis found that since the end of the recession,
local revenue growth has only averaged 1.5 %
above inflation, not remotely enough to make up for lost state
funds and increasing student populations.
Members would also increase support for schools under the
Local Control
Funding Formula by $ 153 million
above the administration's proposed $ 4.5 billion.
From organizing supply drives and raising thousands in
funds to making room for hundreds of shelter animals from the south so that displaced pets had a place to stay while they waited for their families to find them, our
local animal people went
above and beyond.
And the vet fees we pay for TNR — $ 75 for a female cat through our
local vets — is
above the limit grant givers will
fund.
Discriminatory travel taxes are those imposed specifically on travel services
above and beyond general sales taxes (like the ones imposed on airport car rentals to
fund local projects).