For decades, Utah legislators have ignored responsible funding for our schools. Not only have the politicians failed to keep current, but the state is actually moving backwards. The Legislature and the governor are spending significantly less on education now, on a per $1,000 personal income, than over the past two decades. The sad truth is that our deadbeat parent state is falling further behind on its education commitments.
Over the last 20 years, lawmakers have removed over $1 billion a year from public school budgets by lowering taxes. According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah Foundation, our K-12 funding has dropped by 28.7 percent over the last two decades.
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