Perhaps I was not clear in my post. I did not mean to dispute the fact that funds from the state government are allocated on the basis of attendance, so that if a student leaves (or is absent from) a public school, the state withholds that funding. My point, which is factually accurate, is that educational funds raised by the cities and counties will remain with the local school district regardless of students’ attendance. Thus, when a student ceases to attend a district’s public schools, the district’s per-pupil spending (the amount of education funding divided by the number of students enrolled) goes up.

False information does nothing to help our kids.