A few things to remember: Cutting Class

•  Higher wealth communities have spent over the minimum required in order to make up for gaps in funding.
• Health care inflation has grown 2 to 3 times the rate of inflation factor in Ch. 70 law. Note that the original proposal would have included different inflation factors for different sections of the formula. That was not done. 
• special education percentages were set low intentionally to minimize number of kids on IEPs. This has been compounded by number of kids that are now HIGH NEED students. (Number of kids that are on IEPs has remained fairly constant, but the mix of students served has changed.)
• 32% less spent in lower-wealth districts on regular ed teachers than assumed by the foundation formula.
• districts in general spending 1/2 of the assumption for technology
• only the wealthiest districts spend what the foundation budget assumes on professional development.