Thanks for the pie chart.
43.7 Billion dollars a year on K-12 public school.
Here's a solution: Privatize the schools.
Take them off the books.
Sell off the school buildings and property.
Get the Government out of the school system - they don't belong there.
In one fell swoop, a surplus budget and a Government can focus their attention on where it belongs (fixing potholes, etc...).
Nice chart. From the state’s budget document I’m guessing, or from the LBO.
It would be nice if they changed the labels on the expenditure side from K-12 education, to payments to unionized teachers, administrators, and support staff.
From “corrections and rehab” to “payments to prison guard union workers.”
From “higher ed” to “payments to unionized professors and college staff”
etc,etc.
The unions call the shots, IMO. Painfully evident in Kah-lee-fornya, when Arnold reversed field after the unions strongly opposed his referendums.