http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/13/1431763/-After-funding-shortfall-an-entire-Tennessee-school-district-is-closed-until-further-notice?detail=email
This is almost unimaginable in the United States. A small school district in Tennessee has actually been forced to close due to lack of funding:
Clay County Director of Schools Jerry Strong said the school board made the decision Thursday night after struggling with budget concerns for three years. He said the district doesn’t have enough revenue to pay for partially unfunded mandates from the state.
Strong said the county commission, which funds the schools, has declined to increase property taxes and a proposed wheel tax referendum vote won’t take place until March.
Strong said school administrators plan to meet with county officials in an effort to resolve the problem. He said he hopes classes for the 1,150 students in the district will resume sometime in November.
Clay County, Tennessee consistently ranks as one of the most impoverished counties in the nation, something that isn't likely to change if their children can't get even the most basic education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee
checkout the demographics;
The racial makeup of the county was 96.75% White, 1.44% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 1.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
this is what can happen when returning power to states with a population bias and no doubt about what percent of that populations gets the shaft.
