A. $9,957.50        B. $14,539.15        C. $24,401.31

Public Schools receive funding from multiple sources. These sources include state dollars, federal dollars, local taxes and sometimes other small sources. Depending on the district, these amounts differ depending primarily on location and the community but on average are $14,539.15. The highest amount is in the Cleveland Heights- University Heights district who’s average spending per student is $24,401.31.

A. 50.5%            B. 60.74%           C. 82.32%

Instructional Expenditure Per Pupil includes all costs associated with the actual service of instructional delivery to the students. These items strictly apply to the school buildings and do not include costs associated with the central office. They include the salaries and benefits of the teaching personnel and other instructional expenses.

A. Transgender and Gender Expansive Identities 

B. Abstinance

C. Racial and Reproductive Justice

The Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) is the newest set of standards designed to help improve educators’ ability to effectively address sexuality in the classroom. The PLSSE were developed to provide guidance to school administrators and classroom educators about the content, skills, and professional disposition needed to implement sex education effectively. (SIECUS Website)

A. Hispanics            B. Republicans            C. Caucasions

A. Dragon            B. Unicorn               C. Mermaid

Take a look at “The Gender Unicorn”

A. 1001            B. 459            C. 128            D. 73

A. Autism Scholarship 

B. Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship

C. EdChoice Scholarship for Low-Income or Failing District Students

D. Bishop James McFadden Religious Exemption Scholarship

The Autism Scholarship Program (ASP) gives the parents of children with autism who qualify for a scholarship the choice to send the child to a special education program other than the one operated by the school district of residence to receive their education and the services outlined in the child’s individualized education program (IEP).

The Jon Peterson Special Needs (JPSN) Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who are eligible to attend kindergarten through 12th grade and have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) from their district. The amount of each scholarship will be based on the primary disability condition identified on the student’s Evaluation Team Report (ETR) and will not exceed $27,000.

The Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program provides students from designated public schools the opportunity to attend participating private schools. The program also provides low-income students who are entering kindergarten through 12th grade scholarship opportunities

A. 16.7%            B. 12.3%            C. 5%            D. 1%

Accounting for inflation, in 2019 the national average spending per pupil was $12,612 per student. In 2013 the per pupil spending was $11,200 (adjusted to today’s dollars). This is a 12.6% increase in spending in 7 years.

A. 1:30      B. 1:24      C. 1:15      D. 1:11

Class sizes is often one of the top reasons parents cite for why they choose private schools. Private schools consistently have smaller class sizes than public schools.

  A. 2,500

  B. 5,000

  C. 9,000

  D. 14,000

On June 30, members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers’ union, voted to approve a plan to promote critical race theory in all 50 states. Union delegates representing 3 million public school employees approved funding for three separate items related to “increasing the implementation” of “critical race theory” in K-12 curricula; promoting critical race theory in 14,000 local school districts; and attacking opponents of critical race theory, including parent organizations and conservative research centers.