“Thirty-five states provided less overall state funding per student in the 2014 school year (the most recent year available) than in the 2008 school year, before the recession took hold” – according to the report.
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities documents how states are disinvesting in K-12 education.
This report shows the dramatic contradiction between political rhetoric and economic reality. The state’s that are cutting education spending are also demanding higher test scores, and many have launched charters and vouchers, which further diminish funding for public schools.
It begins:
“Public investment in K-12 schools — crucial for communities to thrive and the U.S. economy to offer broad opportunity — has declined dramatically in a number of states over the last decade. PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN K-12 SCHOOLS HAS DECLINED DRAMATICALLY IN A NUMBER OF STATES OVER THE LAST DECADE.Worse, most of the deepest-cutting states have also cut income tax rates, weakening their main revenue source for supporting schools.
“At least 23 states will provide less “general” or “formula” funding — the primary form of state support for elementary and secondary schools — in the…
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DelawareFirstState 
“The states cutting the funding are ALSO demanding higher test scores.” No problem seeing through the smoke here, all the way to having few to zero teachers available so, well, what can we do — but sit the kids in front of computers. Ultimately, no teachers (or their paychecks or pensions) NEEDED.
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