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May 22, 2020
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Iman23
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Can Utah cut anymore from Public Ed? Nothing left to cut. They run lean
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Here come the school budget cuts
the_byu_flash
5/22/20 10:13am
Why? They still get property tax money right? Have values dropped?
Mister P
5/22/20 10:19am
Utah’s state income tax funds schools as well
Charles Darwin
5/22/20 10:21am
Yep. Huge drop in income tax collection from all the layoffs. Property taxes
O Gaucho
5/22/20 10:35am
And tons of federal money, right?
Jay Rick
5/22/20 11:13am
About 5% of the alpine school district budget
Charles Darwin
5/22/20 11:22am
Tough decision for sure, they'll be better for it in the long-run. There are in
coug almighty
5/22/20 10:21am
This is going to get ugly, especially in blue states who already had shortages.
dYrtbYkerYder
5/22/20 10:24am
Really bad.
coug almighty
5/22/20 10:28am
Darn blue states.
SoCalCoug
5/22/20 10:41am
Article has nothing to do about budgets.
idcougarfan
5/22/20 10:59am
RE: Article has nothing to do about budgets.
StarMan
5/22/20 11:04am
RE: Article has nothing to do about budgets.
SoCalCoug
5/22/20 11:56am
You must have done a lot of research in this area. It's like you have an
Hambone
5/22/20 11:59am
I do. I call it "Google."
SoCalCoug
5/22/20 12:11pm
Red states are more reliant on sales taxes, in general. Those will fall hard.
ReyOso
5/22/20 11:03am
California is facing massive pension shortfalls as they struggle to pay retired
dYrtbYkerYder
5/22/20 11:19am
Yeah, it's going to get ugly. They won't be alone, either.
ReyOso
5/22/20 11:22am
How much are they slashing UDOTs budget?
IrishBlue
5/22/20 10:27am
wasn't there a fairly large rainy day fund at one point?
mottman
5/22/20 10:44am
800 million from what I understand. The state budget is 20 billion
Charles Darwin
5/22/20 10:48am
Can Utah cut anymore from Public Ed? Nothing left to cut. They run lean
Iman23
5/22/20 10:45am
Have you seen Corner Canyon High School?
Benfica1
5/22/20 11:05am
That is from a bond the citizens approved to build the school not state budgets.
O Gaucho
5/22/20 11:15am
This is one of the largest elements of a state or county budget.
SoCalCoug
5/22/20 10:46am
cut the administrators in half
jwf
5/22/20 10:53am
Half seems a bit much, but yes, make the wages more realistic.
Benfica1
5/22/20 11:04am
I was thinking more like cut their jobs out completely at half. Then hire more
jwf
5/22/20 11:14am
Which jobs would you cut?
O Gaucho
5/22/20 11:16am
PLC coaches
Charles Darwin
5/22/20 11:18am
Those usually aren't admin. Coaches will typically receive a teacher's salary.
Hambone
5/22/20 11:19am
Cut a bunch of administrator wages.
Benfica1
5/22/20 11:04am
Disclaimer: I am a school admin. Please elaborate how this would help the
Hambone
5/22/20 11:05am
Disclaimer: From a family of teachers (although I'm not one). Trims expenses.
Benfica1
5/22/20 11:23am
It would obviously trim expenses. I don't think you are considering the other
Hambone
5/22/20 11:40am
I’m a teacher, and I do a lot these too, but I get paid significantly less
the_byu_flash
5/22/20 12:41pm
Not going to get an argument from me that teachers are compensated fairly.
Hambone
5/22/20 1:01pm
My brother went back to being a guidance counselor after several years as a Vice
dYrtbYkerYder
5/22/20 1:24pm
What would you cut?
O Gaucho
5/22/20 11:13am
It stinks but when I visit my kids' schools, I see a ton of excess...
BlackBart
5/22/20 11:29am
Facilities?
Charles Darwin
5/22/20 11:35am
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