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The federal government provided about 14% of K-12 funding in fiscal year 2022 with added COVID-19 funding that has expired. ... Education policy experts noted that some states and districts ...
One idea is to move two major K-12 funding programs to the Department of Health and Human Services, as proposed by Project 2025, the conservative blueprint published by the Heritage Foundation ...
Kelly must decide by May 18 whether to sign or veto a bill that fully funds Kansas’ K-12 schools but ignores her request for enhanced special education funding and expands a tax credit ...
Regulation and funding of education is primarily handled by state and local governments, and the federal government provides only 8% of K-12 education funding in the United States. [2] Congress does not have direct authority over education, so federal education policy is enforced by requiring compliance in order to receive federal funding.
Since 2008, states have reduced their school funding from taxes by 12%, the most pronounced drop on record. [15] The majority of targeted school funding reforms have been in response to court orders, often due to lawsuits. [16] Despite some efforts to improve school funding, 60% of schools report that their facilities need repair. [17]
More: 'We have to have both': School choice, boosting K-12 funding top special session talks During special sessions, lawmakers are largely limited to legislation the governor outlines for them.
She said the focus should be on better funding public K-12 education. "It shouldn't have to be that (kids) have to move around," Coleman said. "It should be that every school is the best it can be.
A third round of relief funding, ESSER 3.0, sent $122 billion to K-12 public education on March 11, 2021 through the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden. In total, $190 billion in relief fund was sent to K-12 education in response to the pandemic, more than three times what the federal government annually spends on education. [6]