California Progress Report

By Vivian Po
New America Media

State funding for California’s K-12 public schools has fallen by $7 billion since the onset of the recession. The state now spends $1,000 less per student than it did in 2007-2008.

“There has been a very large reduction in revenues that determine Prop 98, California’s formula for calculating minimum school funding,” said Jonathan Kaplan, senior policy analyst with the California Budget Project, a nonpartisan group that monitors fiscal and policy issues.

via The Incredible Shrinking State Dollars for K-12 Schools.