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Re: budgets

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Betti Longinotti (blongino)
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:11:34 -0400 (EDT)

Art Educators-
What does your school system provide,as a per student allotment?
With "Site Based Management", our school system no longer has a per
student allottment, but I do make recommendations to systemwide art
teachers, regarding how much they should seek to request and spend.
K-8 At least $3.50 per student
9-12 At least $6.50 per student
I would be interseted in knowing if my recommendation is too high
or low, in reference to national standards and recommendations.

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Margaret Grosspietsch wrote:

> To Ellen and others,
> I came across some interesting statistics--this is in response to Ellen's
> question:
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> > what is considered a 'minimal budget'? Good budget? Average budget?
> > Realistic?
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> Japan spends $4.80 per pupil, annually, on arts education, Germany spends $2.40,
> Austria and Sweden spend $2.00, Canada spends $1.40, the United Kingdom spends
> $1.20, and the U.S. spends a mere $0.15. (source: the published summary of a
> speech given by Michael Greene at the 1993 "Achieving National Education Reform:
> Arts Education as Catalyst" Conference sponsored by Getty).
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> I don't know how he arrives at these figures, but perhaps the U.S. amount can be
> used as a comparison point with your own budget? (If you're below the 15 cent
> mark yours isn't even a minimal budget, and if you're at Japan's level, maybe
> that's "realistic?") The vast differences between countries, regardless of where
> the calculations come from, seems quite telling--Talk about food for thought!
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