Platform: Catch and Release Education
Platform: Education
Local funding of public education within each state largely comes from property taxes. Every individual in the education process needs to be represented. And those that swim in the waters should swim with those that pay at those same waters. There needs to be a voice, a meeting ground, to help with the issues in education.
After so many years of research, there is one thing we know: a child’s first education and foremost influence is the family. And early education starts within the home.
We influence a society by our beliefs and actions. Local funding of public education within each state largely comes from property taxes. Every individual in the education process needs to be represented. On average, state and local governments spend $10,615 to send one child through public education for one fiscal year. Those numbers per child do not include subsidies.
Yet there are 12 forms of education in the United States. If we included private and public school forms of education in our local funding, we will have those that “swim” and those that pay, working together, to make the needs of the children FIRST.
If we want our children and young people to be well-educated, we need an educational system that puts the needs of children first, and our claim for rights back where it belongs: checked by BOTH sides of the aisle.
Catch and Release.
In Public Education there are two sides who should “come together at the table.” Every individual in the education process needs to be represented. And those that swim in the waters should swim with those that pay at those same waters. There must be a voice, a meeting ground, to help those on both sides of the issues in public education. There’s an old saying, “If you see a house on fire, would you rush in to help save the occupants?”
Local funding of public education largely comes from property taxes. On average, federal, state and local governments spend $10,615 to send one child through public education for one fiscal year. Those numbers mask a huge variation between states. The state of Utah spends 40.8 % of its overall budget on education, spending $6,000 per year per child. Washington D.C. spends on average $18,000 per child for education. These numbers per child do not include subsidies.
Catch and Release. Becoming aware of those things which are being caught, not taught. After so many years of research, the only one thing we are convinced is that a child’s first education and foremost influence is the family. Education is not something to be missed. And early education starts within the home. We influence society by our beliefs and actions. If we want people to be well-educated, we need an educational forum that puts the needs of children first, and our claim for rights back where it belongs. Our rights need to be represented and checked by BOTH sides of the aisle.
The agency, Grants-in-aid, supplies money through non-repayable grants to state and local government agencies. Allocating over $600 billion in grants each year in non-repayable funds at the local level. Grants-in-aid is the Third largest (3rd largest) item in the federal budget – after Social Security and the national defense. I’d like to see the Grants-in-aid numbers in dollars and “sense” amounts and their allocations each year, given to each state and local government.
Not only is there spending of our tax dollars per child for public education, but the Grants-in-aid also affords non-cap spending that is non-repayable to states and local governments. And as an individual taxpayer, this has deep repercussions.
If we the people cut a portion of our Grants-in-aid spending programs, we will alleviate our overall government spending by 0.8%. Cutting spending from the Grants-in-aid program would not change the federal governments’ ability to help in areas of health and education costs, or overall budget requisition in states and local governments. We could carve 0.8% of our national debt. That is $304 billion of spending alleviated per year. We begin to curb spending by initiating a change in the right direction.
We talk about the immoderate and inflated costs of running a government. Let’s look together at loose ends. Spending of public money by special interests – whether by rich or fiscally responsible – is funding out of control. We put a cap on the spending, we will see a change in overall policy. And without a “sliding scale without a cap,” the funding of special projects through the Grants-in-aid process will turn us toward fiscal responsibility again.
Catch a vision for the future of public education while Releasing overall spending hooks that over time can lead to abuses. Runaway spending means a house on fire.