srothstein wrote:txinvestigator wrote:Schools get about 37% from local funds, 57% from the state and only 9% Federal money.
The federal govt. has little input over schools.
I disagree. Many federal laws get passed, such as No Child Left Behind, that apply to any school that receives any federal funding. If the school district accepts one dollar from the federal government, it is subject to many rules and policies of the federal government that could not constitutionally apply any other way.
Thats about 9% of the Schools budget, according to what I have read
About the only thing more abused in federal laws than the commerce clause is the power of the budget. States and localities have been subject to economic blackmail by the feds since they first accepted any revenue sharing.
I know. Look how the feds made states lower speed limits by threatening to withhold highway funds if the 55 MPH limit was not set.