K-12 Funding Challenges
Issue briefEducation (K-12) State Budgets Taxes & Fees
Over the last decade, the Legislature enacted sweeping changes to the K-12 funding model and ultimately doubled state funding, from $13.4 billion in 2011-13 to $27.3 billion in 2019-21. Despite these historic investments in basic education, COVID has created unforeseen challenges for school district budgets and the continued school closures could have significant impacts on K-12 funding
Keywords:
COVID-19/corona
Enrollment
General fund
K-12 education
Local education levies
Pupil transportation
School boards
school district management and boundaries
School funding
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