[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
>Date: 2007/04/13 Fri PM 06:08:31 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

>On Apr 13, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> The needs of that $300K student should be funded by the state, not the 
>> local tax payers directly.
>>
>
>I think the term you are searching for is "unfunded mandate" where the 
>state or the Feds pass a law requiring something, but don't actually 
>provide any funding for doing it.  Completely un-Constitutional IMHO.

Education itself is an unfunded mandate - the state requires it, and contributes in varying amounts to various locations. Trenton has over 60% of it's public education system funded by the state, my district has less than 6% - and to an extent I'm OK with that, but the needs of the most needy children shouldn't be subject to the funding whims of the local school board (of which there are over 600 in NJ - some as small as one school house)...

Lionel