An analysis published by the Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan research group based in Salt Lake City, suggested the state has dramatically cut its investment in education over the past 20 years through a series of tax cuts and rule changes, especially a mid-90s reform to property tax assessments and legislation in 2007 that essentially eliminated tax income brackets where higher-income earners would pay higher rates.
In 1995 Utah ranked 7th in the nation in education funding when measured as a percentage of earned income, according to the report. By 2015, it had fallen to 37th place.
