The usual shell game when pegging a new tax to education is that whatever old funds for education get pulled, and simply replaced with the new tax money. So, i

The usual shell game when pegging a new tax to education is that whatever old funds for education get pulled, and simply replaced with the new tax money. So, if the schools were getting $3 million in subsidy before, they peg the pot taxes to schools, pull the previous $3 million to go to different pet projects, and the schools see (at best) a 0% change. Tying marijuana taxes to education does somewhat lock the education budget in, so there's maybe an advantage, but generally speaking, it's a political move, because then you can paste anyone voting against whatever law as someone who is voting against education.