Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Faster Growing School Districts Spend Less and Spending Grows Slower
An analysis of US Department of Education data in "Building for the Future" (Byron Schlomach, PhD with Wendell Cox) shows that faster growing school districts generally spend less per pupil and their rates of spending growth are lower. The faster growing districts are generally suburban, while the slower growing districts are generally urban. This conclusions contradicts the conventional thinking in urban planning, especially "Current Urban Planning Assumption #2," which holds that faster growing areas spend more than slower growing areas. Yes, infrastructure costs in the suburbs are higher due to the necessity of building new schools. But no, overall costs are lower, because entrenched special interests have long since driven urban costs so high that their lower infrastructure costs are more than neutralized.
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2004-04-facilities.pdf
An analysis of US Department of Education data in "Building for the Future" (Byron Schlomach, PhD with Wendell Cox) shows that faster growing school districts generally spend less per pupil and their rates of spending growth are lower. The faster growing districts are generally suburban, while the slower growing districts are generally urban. This conclusions contradicts the conventional thinking in urban planning, especially "Current Urban Planning Assumption #2," which holds that faster growing areas spend more than slower growing areas. Yes, infrastructure costs in the suburbs are higher due to the necessity of building new schools. But no, overall costs are lower, because entrenched special interests have long since driven urban costs so high that their lower infrastructure costs are more than neutralized.
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2004-04-facilities.pdf
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