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[quote=Anonymous]I just want to highlight how ridiculous Taylor's equity claims are.

In his 400 page budget document, you have to go to page 349 (the appendix) to learn that he is increasing class sizes in focus and Title 1 schools. I don't see anywhere that he documents how much money he saves by doing this, but it is almost certainly tens of millions of dollars.

On the other hand, right up there on pages 5-6, he says "Equitable School Allocations: In the FY 2026 budget, I took a significant step to provide differentiated funding directly where our most impacted students are, and allow school leaders to determine what 
will most benefit their students and their school communities by adding to the budget $2.5 million for this purpose. The FY 2027 budget recommended increase of $1.2 million for this critical need constitutes phase two of a five-year implementation to provide schools the resources needed based on the specific needs of their student population."

The total "equity add on" is about $4 million and it is spread out to ALL schools including the very wealthiest schools. So let's say three quarters is actually allocated to schools with more need - that's $3 million, which will most certainly be dwarfed by the money lost to focus and Title 1 schools.[/quote]

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