TL;DR In the US, primary education is a local matter An interesting note here is that in the US, federal government dollars are not a major funding component o

TL;DR In the US, primary education is a local matter An interesting note here is that in the US, federal government dollars are not a major funding component of primary education (k-12). Less than 8% (around $60 billion) of the total cost comes from the federal government; the rest comes from state and local property taxes. https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statisti... https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-is-k-12-education-funded https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-is-k-12-education-fun...