FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 30^th, 2008  

FACTCHECK:  Grand Forks School Board Official’s Claims Don’t Match Reality

Grand Forks, ND –On January 27^th a letter to the editor in the Grand Forks Herald from Tim Lamb, a member of the Grand Forks School District since 1998, was published with the following claims:

“History reflects that the cost of educating a school child has maintained a steady level relative to inflation.”

- Tim Lamb, Grand Forks School Board member.

“As the above chart shows, total per pupil revenue in the Grand Forks School District has increased by 49.8% while the Midwest Consumer Price Index as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has increased 21.3%.  Mr. Lamb’s assertion that the cost of education has remained steady when compared to inflation is simply wrong – per student funding  has actually increase over twice as fast as inflation,” state director of Americans for Prosperity, Duane Sand, said.

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