Utah’s education funding level was the lowest in the United States 10 years ago, but at least the state deserved an A for effort. Utahns’ burden of taxes for education was fifth-highest in the nation – fitting for a state with the nation’s highest birthrate.\r\n Utah still comes in dead last in education funding, but a new Utah Foundation report says the amount of personal income that goes toward funding education in Utah is now well below the national average. For every $1,000 Utahns earn, they spend less on education than people in 35 other states.
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