tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723903.post5893634065061320117..comments2023-09-25T08:07:12.829-07:00Comments on Economic Freedom: How much is enough?Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15476890786942131968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723903.post-12798066258851673702017-04-22T01:17:07.169-07:002017-04-22T01:17:07.169-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15852402536415399775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723903.post-87781007733166150692015-05-23T14:56:20.134-07:002015-05-23T14:56:20.134-07:00Your question of how much education spending is en...Your question of how much education spending is enough to satisfy McCleary (and thereby our state constitution) is a good one. I don’t know the answer. I did find one site that explained its numbers thoughtfully:<br /><br />http://budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/how-much-funding-is-needed-for-mccleary<br /><br />They cite one report that says we need $3.3B during the next budget cycle, or $1.65B per year, rising to $4.5B in the following cycle. They then cite another report that says we eventually need to spend an additional $2.8B per year on teacher compensation, though they’re unclear why the first report didn’t include that. So the total is about $5B per year eventually and probably more like $3B per year in the next cycle. I think we currently spend around $11B, so another $3-5B is a substantial increase, though not ridiculous, as some states (such as NY), as well as many private schools in WA, already spend about twice what we do per student. <br /><br />I haven’t analyzed the reasoning behind those numbers. But they’re a lot more than the $0.7B per year that, according to your post, is currently being proposed in Olympia. So if you seriously want to know “How much to (sic) they want?”, the answer is: a lot more than is being proposed. Bruce Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889440013826088099noreply@blogger.com