Sentences with phrase «slice of the education funding»

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School funding has always been a perennial battle at the state Capitol, with lawmakers pushing for a slice of the state pie for their districts, while education advocates have decried the complicated formula they say has starved the neediest districts.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.

Public education, which received more than $ 2.5 billion in state funding this year, makes up the largest individual slice of the Mississippi general fund budget at about 40 percent of the total budget.

IDRA has contended for decades that rather than causing education advocates to fight over small slices of the funding pie, legislators should create a larger pie that provides what is needed in all major education areas so that all students are served appropriately.