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pense of education.” Yet, the “standards of quality” funding formula has never been adequate, according to the VSBA. 1'er pupil funding for WKi-M school year was approximately $.>00 or 20 percent below the actual per pupil cost, according to the resolution. Localities are reimbursed for 51 instructional personnel per 1,000 students, while the average school division in Virginia hired Od.h people j>er 1,000 students in 19H1-X2, it continues.
'1'he school boards object to state intervention in teachers’ salaries because “the largest proportion of the school’s budget is allocated to personnel salaries — including benefits — and a state mandate to increase salaries by a specific percent can have a devastating unjjact on the school budget, the locality’s budget and the local taxpayer." Flat percent in
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