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More on Those State K-12 Funding Cuts

As I explained last week, our new survey finds that the vast majority of states for which we have data are cutting K-12 education funding this year.  Here’s what the per-pupil funding cuts look like in dollar terms.  More than half of the states in our survey cut funding by over $200 per student.

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In many states, these cuts come on top of previous rounds of cuts since the recession hit.  As a result, per-pupil funding in 17 of the 24 states in our survey is below pre-recession levels, in inflation-adjusted dollars, and in 9 of those 24 states, the decline exceeds $500.

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