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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2468108" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>What I saw from inside the education system is why I quit working there. Funds from one account being used for something unrelated. State audits that found the same offenses over and over again, with some recommending that the matter be taken up by the DA's office, but zero follow-through.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, they aren't. Local papers use the unpublished compensation packages as leverage on a regular basis. Sure, it's public record, but they are not all available online.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that the "state budget" is only for ~40% of actual state expenditures. The legislature only budgets for the taxes that are assigned to general appropriations (i.e. income tax, sales tax, and relatively few other taxes). If it's an earmarked tax or an agency-imposed fee, it is not included in the official state budget.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Better link: <a href="http://www.ocpathink.org/articles/2663" target="_blank">http://www.ocpathink.org/articles/2663</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?id=441369" target="_blank">http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?id=441369</a></p><p></p><p>45% to K-12</p><p>45% to Higher Education (colleges, CareerTech)</p><p>5% to School Consolidation and Assistance Fund</p><p>5% to Teachers' Retirement</p><p></p><p>There is no cap in place.</p><p></p><p>Of the higher education portion, colleges see ~90% to fund tuition, student loans, and scholarships. Keep in mind that, even with this, Oklahoma colleges have each year for the past several years generated record revenues while seeing increases in the state budget and citing state budget deficiencies as justification for higher tuition.</p><p></p><p>Your statement about how "$52.4M" is dead wrong. The education budget for education for FY2013 was $3.4B, with $2.3B being K-12. Actual spending by the State Department of Education was $4.4B. $70M was transferred to the education fund by the lottery, meaning $31.5M went to K-12, $28M went to colleges, $3.5M to CareerTech, $3.5M to Teachers' Retirement, $3.5M to School Cons/Asst Fund, after a $500K earmark for Mental Health. <a href="http://www.sai.ok.gov/Search%20Reports/database/cafr13.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sai.ok.gov/Search Reports/database/cafr13.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Education saw at 2% increase in 2013 and a 4% increase in 2014 from the "state budget". Bottom-line actual education spending (the $4.4B) increased 0.3%.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>By the way... does increasing spending in education actually help performance?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/state-education-trends#/OK" target="_blank">http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/state-education-trends#/OK</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/object.cato.org_sites_all_modules_cato_institute_sattrends_charts_OK.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>There are two places where money gets thrown whether or not it helps: education and law enforcement. Both say "we're not seeing results, therefore we need more money" and (very rarely) "we're seeing results, therefore we need more money".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2468108, member: 5151"] What I saw from inside the education system is why I quit working there. Funds from one account being used for something unrelated. State audits that found the same offenses over and over again, with some recommending that the matter be taken up by the DA's office, but zero follow-through. Actually, they aren't. Local papers use the unpublished compensation packages as leverage on a regular basis. Sure, it's public record, but they are not all available online. Keep in mind that the "state budget" is only for ~40% of actual state expenditures. The legislature only budgets for the taxes that are assigned to general appropriations (i.e. income tax, sales tax, and relatively few other taxes). If it's an earmarked tax or an agency-imposed fee, it is not included in the official state budget. Better link: [url]http://www.ocpathink.org/articles/2663[/url] [url]http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?id=441369[/url] 45% to K-12 45% to Higher Education (colleges, CareerTech) 5% to School Consolidation and Assistance Fund 5% to Teachers' Retirement There is no cap in place. Of the higher education portion, colleges see ~90% to fund tuition, student loans, and scholarships. Keep in mind that, even with this, Oklahoma colleges have each year for the past several years generated record revenues while seeing increases in the state budget and citing state budget deficiencies as justification for higher tuition. Your statement about how "$52.4M" is dead wrong. The education budget for education for FY2013 was $3.4B, with $2.3B being K-12. Actual spending by the State Department of Education was $4.4B. $70M was transferred to the education fund by the lottery, meaning $31.5M went to K-12, $28M went to colleges, $3.5M to CareerTech, $3.5M to Teachers' Retirement, $3.5M to School Cons/Asst Fund, after a $500K earmark for Mental Health. [url]http://www.sai.ok.gov/Search%20Reports/database/cafr13.pdf[/url] Education saw at 2% increase in 2013 and a 4% increase in 2014 from the "state budget". Bottom-line actual education spending (the $4.4B) increased 0.3%. By the way... does increasing spending in education actually help performance? [url]http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/state-education-trends#/OK[/url] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/object.cato.org_sites_all_modules_cato_institute_sattrends_charts_OK.jpg[/IMG] There are two places where money gets thrown whether or not it helps: education and law enforcement. Both say "we're not seeing results, therefore we need more money" and (very rarely) "we're seeing results, therefore we need more money". [/QUOTE]
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