An Inefficient System According to the District Court’s ruling in the ongoing trial: A “disastrous” 14 – 25 percent of students fail to graduate from high school. (Finding of Fact, 205-207) Only 18 percent of high school graduates from 2010 – 2013 met the SAT or ACT college-readiness standards. (Finding of Fact, 160) One-third of English Language Learners (ELL) in grades 3 – 12 failed to progress a grade level in English. (Finding of Fact, 352) Not one student performance measure examined by the court demonstrated sufficient student achievement. (Conclusion of Law, 71)

An Inefficient System According to the District Court’s ruling in the ongoing trial: A “disastrous” 14 – 25 percent of students fail to graduate from high school. (Finding of Fact, 205-207) Only 18 percent of high school graduates from 2010 – 2013 met the SAT or ACT college-readiness standards. (Finding of Fact, 160) One-third of English Language Learners (ELL) in grades 3 – 12 failed to progress a grade level in English. (Finding of Fact, 352) Not one student performance measure examined by the court demonstrated sufficient student achievement. (Conclusion of Law, 71)

An Inefficient System According to the District Court’s ruling in the ongoing trial: A “disastrous” 14 – 25 percent of students fail to graduate from high school. (Finding of Fact, 205-207) Only 18 percent of high school graduates from 2010 – 2013 met the SAT or ACT college-readiness standards. (Finding of Fact, 160) One-third of English Language Learners (ELL) in grades 3 – 12 failed to progress a grade level in English. (Finding of Fact, 352) Not one student performance measure examined by the court demonstrated sufficient student achievement. (Conclusion of Law, 71)

An Inefficient System According to the District Court’s ruling in the ongoing trial: A “disastrous” 14 – 25 percent of students fail to graduate from high school. (Finding of Fact, 205-207) Only 18 percent of high school graduates from 2010 – 2013 met the SAT or ACT college-readiness standards. (Finding of Fact, 160) One-third of English Language Learners (ELL) in grades 3 – 12 failed to progress a grade level in English. (Finding of Fact, 352) Not one student performance measure examined by the court demonstrated sufficient student achievement. (Conclusion of Law, 71)

An Inefficient System In the 2014-15 school year: Total Spending $60,977,192,546 $12,761 Per student = = Total Attendance 4,778,559 For context: Texas private school tuition averages $7,848. (61%)

Lagging Internationally US schools spend more than almost every other developed nation:

Lagging Internationally But US students now rank: …compared to children in other developed nations. 35th in Math 24th in Reading 27th in Science

Solution: A Student-Centered System Principles for the future: The allotment is fixed to the student. The allotment is equitable. The allotment is portable. The allotment rolls over year-to-year.