Intent+of+WADA

The Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA) was to bring equalization in financing of our Texas schools. Though the dollar amount is in close proportion, the special population numbers are vastly different. It cost more to educate the special populations. With this thought in mind, there is a grave deficiency in financing. One school has a 93.3% economically disadvantaged population and the other one has a 20.7% population. Because of the lack of resources in the home, it will put a greater need for those resources to be provided for by the school. There is also a disparity in the Special Education and the LEP students in the two schools. Because of this disparity I would expect that more resources will have to be diverted to those programs if we are truly going to equalize funding. When I think of equalization, it must entail all the things that will bring students on an equal footing.