Pros And Cons Of School Budget Cuts

School budget cuts are hurting the the education system in the United States. Students are not getting the proper instructional curriculum. The government is spending too much funding on other activities, while schools get little to no funding. We as a country must act before it’s too late.

Over the years schools have been losing money due to budget cuts in the districts. According to Michael Leachman, an expert on state budget and tax, most states in the US are spending less money to support young students than before the great recession. Around 31 states provide students with less money for education than in the year 2008 (Leachman 1). Schools today are getting less money than they ever have. Students are now paying for this issue with

the lack of beneficial learning. Teachers are also a burden on the students. Since the lack of pay to schools has decreased the lack of retaining excellent teachers (Leachman 1). In 25 different states budget cuts have decreased a total of 10%. Our country has to open their eyes. The government is spending more money on prison inmates than in the education of the country's new generations. In the state of New York, funding for an inmate of a prison costs up to around 60,000 dollars while the school funding in the same state is spending a little less than 20,000 dollars (CNN Money Chart).

In Detroit, Mi the school district is already at a whopping $515 million in debt, in last April they were unable to pay its staff (Lauren C 1). The government is choosing to provide for other activities, but rarely for the school system. The difference between the highest funding for prisons and schools is roughly 40,000 dollars in the prisons funding corner(CNN Money Chart). If we put as much time and effort as we did to house criminals of the united states our education would be blooming with amazing students. If we as a country do not stand up to this problem and find a way to encourage states and the federal government to fund the education much more appropriately, their future will be unsatisfying due to lack of an uneducated workforce.

The future will be tyranny due to the many that have not finished college or even high school. Schools are as well being segregated by the area they are in. In Richland, California schools are already lacking the funds for a good education for the students (Struggling Cutbacks 1). Districts nearby are able to provide $300 to $900 more for their students (Struggling Cutbacks 4). Many would think the federal government would force budget cuts on the wealthier schools, so the non wealthy schools can continue to operate. This decision of budget cuts on low income schools leaves the students in poverty. Many of those students go to school to earn a good education to be able to get a good and reliable job in the future to move up the ladder in life. Since they cannot afford to move or go anywhere else for a education, if the schools around them closes their future of earning a substantial income will be near to impossible.

On the other hand the federal government needs the money to support our education for other things as well. The federal government has to secure the deadly prisoners from the US citizens. The government needs the money to put them in a correctional facility to rehabilitate them so they can reenter our community. The federal government is spending the money, also used for education to buy weapons for the military and fund their activities. Without the military we would be vulnerable to any kinds of terrorism against the United States. The military assures us with enough weapons they can stop any war. The thought of the government is that if we have all these weapons we will be able to destroy everyone else before they destroy the United States.

If we want this situation of unequal curriculums due to budget cuts tens of thousands of people should be fighting and protesting for it (Struggling Cutbacks).

We must put our concentrations toward schools rather than military and prisons. In fact why would we put our tax money into something so negative in this world. Education is what makes the world a better place and students must not burden not having a ride to their school or even a school to go to, since it is easier to close a school than to try and keep it open. The government would rather keep a prison open than a school due to the prisoners being in their responsibility. The prisoners would have to be sent somewhere else and that itself is a very expensive process. While that is in motion, if a school was to be shut down if it doesn’t have the correct amount of funding which in many cases happens almost all the time the kids of that school would be sent home without any direction from the state or county to find another school near them. The government is taking the easy way out and is spending our money for is benefits. People must protest and force the government to put more money into the schools. US citizens must come together and prove to the government that not spending money on educational activities will have a crippling effect to the futures well

being.

Stopping budget cuts from schools is very hard due to the federal government needing to make many sacrifices to pay for other activities for the military, prisons etc. But we must stand as one and fight for our young ones to get the education that they deserve. Budget cuts are hurting the students of these many schools. They are destroying futures for young adults as well as put many out of jobs, many that need that job to pay for the food they must provide for their family. Budget cuts may sound like a benign action,but it is very deadly.