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Originally Posted by Slava
The thing is we probably agree that teachers shouldn't be spending their own money to run their classrooms. So, assuming that, this policy just encourages them to do it, and if they aren't spending that $1000 to actually increase their spending that we would rather the, not do. Its counter-productive in that sense.
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Yeah I agree. I'd rather they just put $1000/teacher into the entire pool of education funds and maybe give that amount per teacher back to each school for discretionary spending.
At the same time, I think my point about teachers wanting to avoid what I'm sure is a slow and asinine approval process to get new materials is a valid one. A credit like this allows them to run to a store quickly to grab something, or prepare the night before, without jumping through hoops for something that might be minor. From that angle, it makes sense. I don't think we should be guiding policy based on the (hopefully) few people that may abuse it.