This article explores the potential for artificial inflation in per-student spending within K12 education. It questions the transparency of school budgets and urges reform for equitable resource allocation.
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The Hidden Truth Behind School Funding: Unpacking Per-Student Expenditure
This article explores how school districts can manipulate funding flows to inflate per-student expenditure statistics. Using school bus systems as an example, we examine how state funding mechanisms may distort educational budget data and call for greater transparency in education spending.