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Staffing in Public Schools
U.S., Michigan, and Ohio
Opportunity Costs
702%
800%
700%
600%
500%
386%
400%
252%
300%
96%
200%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics 1991 Digest of Education Statistics Tables 39 and 84; 2008 Digest
of Education
Statistics Table 87
100%
0%
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Opportunity Costs
of the Staffing Surge
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It is straightforward to design a
school choice program that saves
the state money
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- Interest
- General
Administration
- School
Administration
- Operations &
Maintenance
- Transportation
- "Other" Support
Services
- Instruction
- Student Support
- Instructional Staff
Support
- Enterprise
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Results
In FY 2009, U.S. public schools spent an average
of $12,450 per student.
Using the methodology in my report, 64% of this
$12,450 are short-run variable costs ($7,967).
The other $4,483 per student are short-run fixed
costs that states could let school districts retain
when they lost students via school choice.
In the long-run, all costs are variable.
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Thus, any school choice program where $7,967 per student or less
(on average) follows a child to the school of his or her choice
improves the fiscal situation of a public school district, on average.
And, students who remain in public schools would have more
resources devoted to their education.
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Keep in Mind
By letting school districts retain funds
for students they no longer serve,
www.edchoice.org
Click on research
Then, click on national research or state
research
www.edchoice.org/upd
ates
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Balderdash
African-American families are the ones who
(were) most prone to enroll their kids in the
fly-by-night schools that cropped up after
vouchers existed. [African-American families]
dont know how to make good choices for their
children. They really dont. They didnt have
parents who made good choices for them or
helped them learn how to make good choices,
so they dont know how to do that.
Racine Unified School District
Superintendent Ann Laing, Wisconsin (2012)
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Previews
Staffing Surge 3
Where do you think public schools reduced
staff during the Great Recession?
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