If my comment seemed to imply I thought they shouldn't I didn't mean to. I agree that they should get paid. I don't know how it works in the majority of states

If my comment seemed to imply I thought they shouldn't I didn't mean to. I agree that they should get paid. I don't know how it works in the majority of states but I know the model of mostly state funding based upon student enrollment is not universal. In my state the majority of funding is from local tax revenues. For example the budget for my local school district is approximately $1.3 billion. $370 million comes from the state and $30 million comes from the federal government. Another $40 million comes from "misc other sources" and $860 million comes from local tax revenue.