State K-12 Funding Cuts Are Deep and Widespread

Thirty of the 46 states for which data are available are spending less per pupil on K-12 education (after inflation) than they did before the recession, according to a report we’ll issue tomorrow.  In 17 of those states, funding is more than 10 percent below the 2008 level, adjusted for inflation; in 4 of the states, funding is off by more than 20 percent (see graph).

We’ll provide more details on the report — which updates this analysis — tomorrow.