The total cost of public education is often underestimated, and identifying exactly where the money is going is a tremendous challenge. The total cost of education includes all costs associated with educating students-operating and non-operating expenditures, the cost of state and regional personnel, and teacher pension costs.
Testimony on Substitute Language for Plank 101, the School Choice Plank
The substitute language for Plank 101 is as follows: “Promoting Parental Choice: We support the right of parents to enroll their child in a traditional public school, private school, charter school, or to homeschool as they choose and believe all state funding for K-12 education should follow the child. We oppose any attempt to regulate...