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The Politics of School Funding: How State Political Ideology Is Associated with the Allocation of Revenue to School Districts

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Nathan Favero; Ali Kagalwala – Educational Policy, 2025

States diverge widely when it comes to education funding choices, leading to substantial differences in how much states spend on schooling, the role of local versus state revenue sources, and relative differences among districts in funding levels. Prior studies have documented that Democratic party control of state governments appears to be…

Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Finance, Ideology, Resource Allocation