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thaumasiotes
on Dec 11, 2024
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U.S. math scores drop on major international test
As the other replies say, you don't get to stop paying taxes, but the local school does get to stop receiving them.
scruple
on Dec 11, 2024
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Thank you. So, the funding chases the student, somehow?
dmurray
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The school gets paid for the number of students it has on its books. It's not difficult to imagine how this can "somehow" work operationally.
thaumasiotes
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But if, theoretically, there were a way to count students, and also a hypothetical way to count money, someone might draw a correspondence between them?
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