NO REFORM,
NO ACCOUNTABILITY,
THEN NO NEW TAXES
1. WHAT WE’VE PAID FROM 1982-83 to 1991-92
| 1982-83 State Appropriation, Education (Fla.) | $4.095 billion | |
| 1991-92 State Appropriation, Education (Fla.) | $8.098 billion | 97.8% INCREASE |
| 1982-83 State & Local Taxes | $3.040 billion | |
| 1991-92 State & Local Taxes | $7.268 billion | 139% INCREASE |
| 1983-84 Local Taxes (Dade Property) | $308,743,73l | |
| 1991-92 Local Taxes (Dade Property) | $577,428,802 | ALMOST DOUBLE |
| Present Average Salary, including fringes, of Top 64 Dade School Administrators Cost to Taxpayers $107,800 ANNUALLY |
| Dade School Salary Supplements Above Regular Pay $15 MILLION ANNUALLY |
2. WHAT WE GOT FOR OUR MONEY
| Falling SAT Scores (FL) | 1981 Average | 887 |
| 1991 Average | 882 5 POINT DECREASE |
Falling Stanford Achievement Scores (Dade)
1989-90 6th Grade Math: Anglo 77 Hispanic 60 Black 44
1991-92 6th Grade Math: Anglo 66 Hispanic 50 Black 34
-------------------> 10 & 11 POINT DECREASE
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Up to 72.2% of those Dade students from the top 20% of high school classes who entered Miami-Dade required REMEDIATION |
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January, 1991 Report from Dade’s Office of Educational Accountability states that test scores did not go up, and teacher satisfaction went down in the first 33 "pilot" School-Based Management schools. Instead of waiting for these results, the system allowed over l50 schools to REPLICATE THIS FAILURE. |
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Millions have been spent for substitute teachers, "training" and attendance at meetings. |
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Collective bargaining in Dade put a quota on the number of parents/ community members on decision-making committees at schools, limiting them to one or two. Parents and community have been CAPPED OUT. |
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Collective bargaining in Dade failed to reform the method for removing an incompetent teacher from the classroom. It can take two years, or 1/3 of a child’s elementary school life |
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District Administrative Positions (Florida) 6 Year Figure 72.6% INCREASE |
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Assistant Subject Area Specialist (Florida) 5 Year Figure 496% INCREASE |
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Student Increase (Florida) 6 Year Figure 23.6% INCREASE |
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Average Teacher’s Salary (Dade) l0 mos. No fringes $36,995/ANNUALLY |
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Building Program, Capital Improvements COST OVERRUNS |
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$l8 Million Administration Tower w/SKYBRIDGES APPROVED, 4-3 |
SOURCES: Florida TaxWatch, Inc.; Dade County Public Schools’ Statistical Abstract, Statistical Highlights, District and School Profiles, Division of Wages & Salary, The Miami Herald, Miami-Dade Community College
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From IVBE's newsletter Voices -- Fall, 1999
