Budget Cuts...AGAIN

You would think that the government has cut enough money from schools already, but apparently they haven't. The state of Hawaii just approved another $50 million from the budget last night. Despite the fact that students and teachers pleaded with the board to not make another budget cut, they ended up doing it anyway and tons of students are going to suffer from it.
I don't really understand how the state thinks that the education system should be any less funded in this state. The public education system here is ridiculous. Back where I am from, our public school system is just a notch below the private school system. Here, there is a huge descrepancy between the private and public schools.
Money for textbooks and learning materials are being denied to teachers seeking help with their students. How is this alright with the government? How are students supposed to learn if they don't have the tools readily available for them to learn with?
We sit here and wonder why there is such a difference in public and private school educations in Hawaii, well I think that the budget cuts have a huge part in that. Students need textbooks, they need teachers that have the capabilities of helping them. Without those things, students cannot succeed.
Maybe we should stop cutting back on public education, and start putting money into the kids that need it the most.