Maximizing School Funding Connie Sliger and Matt Dailey

Monday, March 14, 2016

2002-2003 School Year:

$462 Billion on K-12 Education

STATE = 47.1%

LOCAL SOURCES = 43.9%

FEDERAL = 9.1%

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics as cited in Pasachoff, E. (2008). How the federal government can improve school financing systems. Brookings Institute: Center on Children and Families.

SOURCE: The Basics of School Funding - The Senate FIscal Agency. Rerieved from: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/departments/datacharts/dck12_schoolfundingbasics.pdf .

SOURCE: The Basics of School Funding - The Senate FIscal Agency. Rerieved from: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa/departments/datacharts/dck12_schoolfundingbasics.pdf .

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