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Re:You Are Not Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites by feoren on Sunday August 25, 2024 @04:04PM (#41350817)
You've misread that. It is not saying that 43.7% of the state budget goes to elementary and secondary education. It is saying that 43.7% of the funding for education comes from the state. Those are completely different.
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Re:You Are Not Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites by whiterknight on Sunday August 25, 2024 @05:54PM (#41351805)
No. If 20% of the state budget is then that amount is matched by an equal part local. So state + local education would be 40% of the state budget.

education (property tax) dominates local spend. So yes we do tax and spend extraordinary amounts on education.

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Re:You Are Not Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites by acestus5 on Sunday August 25, 2024 @08:56PM (#41352944)
20% of your money and 20% of my money is not 40% of our money.
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