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.
K-12 Education
Is the State Not Spending Enough on Public Education?
One state lawmaker recently accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of not “spend[ing] the tax $ that you collected from us on our neighborhood schools instead…hoarding it in the treasury.” Setting aside the fact that the Legislature authors the state budget and dictates where money is spent—not the chief executive—this critique gets things wrong in another...
August 20, 2024