Board passes resolution calling for "fair share" for education

The Roanoke County School Board adopted the following resolution at their regular meeting Sept. 22:

WHEREAS, per pupil state funding for public education has been reduced by more than 13% since 2009, and

WHEREAS, neither the requirements of the Standards of Learning and of No Child Left Behind, nor the overall costs of operating the public schools have been reduced, and

WHEREAS, state funding for public education does not reflect the true cost of constructing, staffing, equipping, operating and maintaining schools that perform at the level needed to meet the requirements of the Standards of Quality and the Standards of Learning, and

WHEREAS, none of the $544.8 million FY2011 budget surplus has been proposed to be allocated to K-12 public education.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Roanoke County School Board respectfully requests the Governor to allocate a fair share of the $544.8 million FY2011 budget surplus to K-12 public education, to begin to restore funds cut from K-12 public education in Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Adopted this 22nd Day of September 2011

(Last updated 9/22/11)