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The US educational system is much decentralized and
schools vary greatly from state to state. There are three levels of subsidizing
of education: federal, state and local. They subsidize 3-5 per cent on a
federal level, around 20 per cent on a state level and 70-80 per cent on a
local level.
There are 15,000 school districts which are different
in size. A school district is governed by the Board of Education/School
Board/School Council which is elected every two years by the residents of the
school district. Members of school boards perform their responsibilities on a
volunteer basis, that means they do not get any salaries. They are to define
the policies for the administration of the school district. Teachers, in turn,
decide about the program and approaches of teaching.
