http://sutherlandinstitute.org/news/2011/08/24/parents-as-a-supply-of-revenue-enhancements/ News and views on Utah public policy Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sutherlandinstitute.org/news/2011/08/24/parents-as-a-supply-of-revenue-enhancements/#comment-1186 Diane Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/news/?p=1181#comment-1186 First, I think the public schools spend ridiculous amounts of money on administration and laws. If you want more money for schools get rid of a lot of administration and get rid of the laws that makes the administration necessary. Utah spends over $4,000 a year per student which is one of the lowest amounts spent per student in the nation. Bravo! There is less waste and dishonesty here. But consider that a good private school only costs around $2000 a year per student. Taking special education into account, any state should not be spending more than $3000 a year per student for a very good education. With all of the laws surrounding educating our children I would say we fall way short of a good education and for a lot more money. If the state wants to take taxes from  families with school children then it should be in the form of fees associated with each specific school. Other wise, like the article says, the proposed idea is full of contradictions.

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