Link - Administrative Costs Flashcards
Federal education policy produces massive administrative costs - empirically proven. Lips 7
The federal government was the cause of 41% of the administrative burden at the state level despite providing just 7% of overall education funding.
Costly bureaucratic management is normal means - empirics prove - states are key to solve. Franc 7
After four decade and hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending, the federal government has proven unable to bring about big improvements in America’s schools. Were it not for the Department of the Education, states and local communities would have more than $24 billion per year in additional funding used for other purposes.
Federal policy imposes heavy spending burdens and is structurally inefficient - federal intervention trades off with local solutions. McCluskey 16
Misallocation and Bureaucracy higher their taxes, the less income families have to spend on educational expenses. State and local governments decide best use of public education dollars. Federal government is not very successful at such redistribution. Federal funds are often offset at the state and local levels by reduced state and local funding. Poor schools may be no further ahead despite the federal grant money directed at them. The rules may make it harder for districts to try innovative pilot programs. The federal government focuses the educational policy discussion on spending levels and regulations, not on delivering quality services. The aid system creates a lack of accountability - when every government is responsible for education, no government is responsible. Federal education programs have also generated large lobbying and litigation activies, whiare a drag on the US economy. Education is also a high priority of local governments and families. States, school districts, and schools are free to fund their own programs and learn educational techniques from each other There is no need for top-down direction from Washington.
Federal education policy guarantees paper pushing inefficiency wasting billions - states comparatively solve. McClusky 16
NCLB provoked a backlash because of its costly rules. The accumulation of federal rules has suppressed innovation, diversity, and competition in state education systems, while generating cast paper-pushing bureaucracies. Despite the large increases in federal aid since the 1960s, public school academic performance has ultimately not improved. Federal aid is ultimately funded by the taxpayers who live int he 50 states. There is no compelling policy reason, nor constitutional authority for the federal government to be involved in K-12 education.
