Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs

Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by SpicyLemonZest on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:14PM (#42663234)

I've seen that concern as well, but it's pretty clearly a zombie concern from the days when schools would be funded almost entirely by local property taxes. Most states now equalize funding between local districts.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by Karrot_Kream on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:36PM (#42663335)

I don’t know the picture in every state, but in CA schools still receive 31% of their funding from local taxes. That’s still quite a bit. Then there’s other sources of funding like the school PTA which does things like fund school supplies.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by SpicyLemonZest on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:43PM (#42663365)

Again, the state equalizes. After the 2013 funding reforms, the state gives districts gives districts with high-need students more money to make up for local funding shortfalls. The statistics I've seen (e.g. https://www.ppic.org/publication/financing-californias-publi...) indicate that this more than closes the gap.

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