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Home / News Articles / Sad numbers: Utah’s diminishing commitment to schools (Tribune Editorial)

Sad numbers: Utah’s diminishing commitment to schools (Tribune Editorial)

May 06, 2006 (Salt Lake Tribune)

The Utah Legislature can no longer rationalize the state’s solo grip on last place in the nation in per-pupil spending for education by citing more cheerful statistics comparing education taxes with Utahns’ income.\r\n Because, even those statistics are no longer very cheerful.

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