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Throughout the last few years’ school funding in North Carolina has been an issue, and it has gotten to the point where it has come to my attention. Over the last decade North Carolina has come to be the 45th state in the nation in per-pupil spending and 43rd in per-pupil expenditure. Not only has that but, North Carolina has also become the only state out of four other states to receive a low average in ratings. This means a D for funding distributions and an F for effort **( "MEDIA RELEASE: Report: NC Education System One of America's Worst-funded." ** ). These causes are due to the location of the area. Many of the schools located in rural areas receive less funding than the areas located in the wealthier cites. Most of the school funding comes from income taxes, corporate taxes, sales taxes, and fees. This equals forty eight percent out of the total income to the school. Local district contributes with forty four percent, which is drawn from local property taxes. This only leaves eight percent of the school funding to be giving by federal government **("School Finance."**). School funding issues are not only causing problems to the environment of the students it’s also causing a problem to their education. It has come to a point where schools with better funding have a better rank of scores**.** Statistics have shown that the schools located in rural areas get lower testing scores than the schools located in the wealthier cites (** "Wag Reflex." ** ) This cause is due to the low resources that rural schools receive, but not only that; it has also affected the student’s feelings. Students feel bad knowing that their friends in other schools receive a better education then they do. Also, parents feel bad knowing that their children don’t receive equal education as the children in other schools. And by knowing this not many parents pressure their children to do better (**opinion**). Knowing that not many schools receive the necessary funding and budget and, also, that not many students are receiving the education they deserve, I have come up with a solution to give equal education and funding to schools here in North Carolina. The solution I have come up with is to get students to write letters to the school board stating their concerns. Because I as a student understand that sometimes we get the feeling that we are not good enough as other students in other schools. We get this feeling because seeing other students have better resources then our school, brings our hopes down of being better students. But the plan not only consists of writing letters but, also, of reunite some concerned parents with their child and have a conference with the school board of education. This conference will be to state our concerns of schools not having equal fundings and persuading them to give equal fundings to all schools in the state of North Carolina. [] "MEDIA RELEASE: Report: NC Education System One of America's Worst-funded." //Home//. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. [].
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[] "Wag Reflex." //: Implants and Prosthetic Limbs for Pets//. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. [].

[] "School Finance." //Research Center://. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. .