05-28-2003, 11:05 PM
Are you missing a factor of ten in there, kandrathe? In New Jersey, the average amount of money spent per student per year often tops $10,000 in some districts. Because of a state law that essentially redistributes school money to poorer districts from wealthier districts, even the poorer districts spend around $8,000 or so (someone correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a few months since I last looked at those figures).
Ah ... you talk about state taxes. As far as I know, education is mostly funded at the local level, with some state support, and minimal federal support.
Unless I misread Baylan's post, it sounds like the I.A. has a $13 million budget ($1 million * 13 districts), and only 500 students. That's ... $260,000 per student. *gulp* Hope I did my math wrong there. :(
Ah ... you talk about state taxes. As far as I know, education is mostly funded at the local level, with some state support, and minimal federal support.
Unless I misread Baylan's post, it sounds like the I.A. has a $13 million budget ($1 million * 13 districts), and only 500 students. That's ... $260,000 per student. *gulp* Hope I did my math wrong there. :(