SPPS financial information is posted at http://www.businessoffice.spps.org/Financial_Statements___Auditors__Report.htm l
Pulled the SPPS data out of the DOE files for readability. Posted at http://www.stpaulneat.org/Data2.html According to the June 30, 2004 Independent Auditor's Report, total SPPS revenues for fiscal year 2003 were $532.3 million. Special Education accounted for 9.1% of revenues ($48.4 million) and 17.1% of expenses ($93.7 million) In 2002-03, $45.3 million was diverted from our general education classrooms to meet federal Special Education mandates. (Somebody should check my math.) Hence the call to fully fund mandates/no more unfunded mandates. It's not that we don't value Special Education, it's just that the ones who bear the brunt of the burden are the children and teachers in our classrooms. What's more, it doesn't look like we can look for any relief from the feds. See February 24, 2005 - Where would the cuts be made under the President's budget? at http://www.parentsunitednetwork.org/27Feb2005.html --Jennifer Armstrong Payne/Phalen ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
