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Declining state support for schools

Sept. 12, 2013
A study of state budgets over the last 6 years finds that school districts in most states are getting much less financial support.

A study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says that at least 34 states are providing less funding per student in 2013-14 for K-12 schools than they did before the recession hit six years ago. Here are the 10 states with the greatest (inflation-adjusted) drops in per-pupil support.

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