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Most States Have Cut School Funding


Most States Have Cut School Funding, and Some Continue Cutting

Weakening a key funding source for school districts. Some 46 percent of K-12 spending nationally comes from state funds (the share varies by ...

New Report Finds Most States Have Deprived Schools of Hundreds ...

The $360 billion shortfall represents nine percent of all state and local school funding between 2016 and 2021. But it also includes several ...

A Punishing Decade for School Funding

As of the current 2017-18 school year, at least 12 states have cut “general” or “formula” funding — the primary form of state support for ...

America's Hidden Education Funding Cuts - Equable Institute

Unfortunately, they have grown faster than state and local K-12 spending. The result is growing hidden education funding cuts nationally. The largest change in ...

States Are Pulling Back on K-12 Spending. How Hard Will Schools ...

And states like Connecticut , Hawaii , and Utah are cutting education budgets or declining to expand them in light of projected budget woes.

“Equal” K–12 State Funding Cuts Could Disproportionately Harm ...

In the 2016–17 school year—the most recent year for which data are available—33 out of 49 states sent more state and local money to poor ...

Public school funding in the United States - Wikipedia

Public Education in the United States of America provide basic education from kindergarten until the twelfth grade. This is provided free of charge for the ...

House Republican Budget Threatens Public Education and ...

Although urban districts in most states do typically receive greater Title I funding ... The bill would cut need-based financial aid programs for ...

Most States Have Cut School Funding By Billions Since 2016

According to “The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems” report from researchers at the Albert Shanker Institute, ...

12 states spend less on schools now than before the recession

12 states that made especially deep cuts after the Great Recession haven't yet restored school funding · Texas slashed school funding the most, ...

In Most States, Poorest School Districts Get Less Funding

In Illinois, for example, the poorest districts received 22 percent less in state and local funding than the lowest-poverty districts. A graphic ...

State Funding for Higher Education Still Lagging | NEA

Between 2008 and 2018, the two states that made the biggest cuts to higher-ed funding were Arizona and Louisiana, the Center on Budget and ...

School Funding in Most States is Unfair

These states, which include Texas, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, provide less funding to school districts with higher concentrations of poor students. Nevada's ...

Report: Most states providing less K-12 funding than before Great ...

A new report on public school funding across the country finds that most states are now providing less support per K-12 student than before the 2007-2009 Great ...

State budget changes could exacerbate impending fiscal cliffs

Finance experts and new analyses warn that developments at the state level, such as tax cuts and the expansion of private school voucher programs, could siphon ...

Schools face a funding cliff. How bad will the fall be? - Chalkbeat

States governments also received a separate $195 billion worth of temporary federal money. This has supported the generous education funding for ...

Fixing Chronic Disinvestment in K-12 Schools

In recent years, seven of the 12 states that have made the deepest funding cuts since 2008 chose to cut taxes rather than reinvest in education: ...

Funding - Still Separate, Still Unequal

State education funding is volatile because it is appropriated each year by politicians. In its 15 years of existence, the Foundation Formula has only been ...

When will states step up on school funding? | NEA

Only the wealthiest areas can make up for low state funding by raising local revenue. That means students in poorer districts suffer the most when states reduce ...

Report: Most States Have Cut Spending on Education

Eight states have cut general funding per student by about 10 percent or more over this period. Five of those eight — Arizona, Kansas, North ...