Nightmare's Blog

See, when they added the lottery for school funding, they get the extra money and spend it.
This leaves the schools still short.
Some are advocating an increase in sales tax to give relief to homeowners.
If they get the sales tax increase, they will spend that and still not decrease property tax.
Want a solution that will really work?
Enforce the immigration laws.
If illegals has no jobs, they would have to leave, then the school enrollment would drop and the budget that we have would cover the cost of education.
There might even be more funds to do more for poor Americans who are failing and dropping out.

Fair wages, usually get taxed. Tax payers are paying medical, housing, and food to illegals. So, I'd rather see employers paying fare wages instead of getting off cheap. Employers who hire illegals need to spend some time behind bars, or in Mexico.

About being a drop out. I was a drop out, and the reason for it wasn't listed, and no I didn't get pregnant. LOL I earned my GED at age 36. So proud, I finished school! Most believe it is not the same as a diploma, it may not be the same, but it is close enough.

I don't know. It is called the progression of a blog. I only mentioned the illegal factor, because it was already brought up in the comment area. Heck you can go from talking politics to bubble baths in just a few comments. Now I've got them started, you will never know what will come up next. Always feel free to delete any and all of my nonsense. LOL

I went to college on lottery money. A lot of the money goes to Florida Bright Futures Scholarships.
I was able to get 75% of my tuition for college paid for for 4 years. (Wow that was alot of 4's in a row).

There's the link for you. It amounts to several thousand dollars a person and really helped out with costs. I only had to take out loans for a few thous but I stayed in school 6 yrs.

http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf/

Try the mathematical approach.
The school has 1000 kids.
The budget is $8000 and falling short.
Illegals leave, now there are 700 kids.
The budget now has excess.
We focus on the younger kids, more small groups, after school stimulus programs, breakfast, sports, music.
The kids do better with more attention and encouragement, so less ultimately drop out because they have experienced success and have hope for a bright future.
Also with less illegals, there are more jobs.
More hope for the future.

I would suggest that the lotto has to be revised so that there is a mandated flow of money.
Give the legislators no way around directing the money where it is needed most.
For example: 60% to the counties for public schools, 20% to community and state colleges, 10% direct to scholarships, 10% to college loans.

Also, with better boarder control of both illegals and drugs, maybe fewer people would be frying their brains like your customer.

I doubt that there are three hundred illegal students for every thousand. Doesn't seem like the right number. Who on earth taught you statistics?