As schools tighten belts, costs of supplies are passed to parents and teachers - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health Sacramento Bee:
"It takes a lot of supplies to run the average public school classroom, and one might assume that school's budget to cover the costs. But in an era of cost-cutting and economizing, the ex pense is increasingly shouldered by parents and teachers, rather than just taxpayers. Teachers spend an average of $500 of their own money each year on school materials, according to a National Education Association survey, while the typical student-supplies list now includes everything from hand sanitizer to safety pins, sandwich bags to batteries."
"It takes a lot of supplies to run the average public school classroom, and one might assume that school's budget to cover the costs. But in an era of cost-cutting and economizing, the ex pense is increasingly shouldered by parents and teachers, rather than just taxpayers. Teachers spend an average of $500 of their own money each year on school materials, according to a National Education Association survey, while the typical student-supplies list now includes everything from hand sanitizer to safety pins, sandwich bags to batteries."