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Check out figure four here: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cma/public-school-revenue https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cma/public-school...
by tbrownaw 3y ago
Check out figure four here: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cma/public-school-revenue https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cma/public-school...
Only five states get more than half of school funding from property taxes.
- scotty79 3y ago"On a national basis in 2019–20, revenues from local property taxes comprised 37 percent of total revenues for public schools." Schools often operate on a shoestring budget. 30% more or less often makes a difference between decently founded school and a disaster. I don't think you can deny that local property taxes funding shapes US education and its perception.
- tbrownaw 3y agoMaybe if state and federal funds were allocated without regard to how much local funding there is, but that's not actually how it's set up.