ricts are poor, causing low tax income, and therefore deficient funding. Where should the funding come from? Right now, it is coming from the federal government, and yet there is no way the government can allot certain percentages of the countrys budget to each individual part of education. There is special education, public education, charter schools, and the way people are fighting, soon funding will have to go to home schooling. Out of all these different schools (and there still are some which have gone unnamed), who will be left out the most? Which of these schools will get the short end of the stick when the courts are finished distributing this funding? Public schools. Our schools, as of now, are indigent enough as it is and need more funding than they are receiving. Since most special education children do not even graduate with a diploma, my suggestion is that we keep special education and regular education separate from each other. Perhaps we need to begin testing children to see where they would place in high school: have a test - one of high moral standard and academic strength to place these students. Yes, this isnt easy, but those who should be in school will be, and these students should have no distractions while in their classroom settings. Special kids flourish in special settings, I have seen it happen. To put them in a regular classroom could cease this prospering. However, since it could also heighten it, I think we need to have tests for these children as well, or at least reviews from the school board if the parents thing there should be admittance into regular settings. There has to be standards and regulations to be in classrooms. Students need to be put where they will flourish the most. I think the school boards and states, not the federal government or parents, should decide where these students go. If the state is paying for the education, the state should chose. When parents start paying, they can choose, ...
