State Funding for K-12 School Facilities: A Survey of the States

Jeffrey M. Vincent
Jeffrey M. Vincent

Year: 2014

Type: Center Report

Initiatives: CC+S

Region: California

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Description

California lawmakers are debating the future of the state’s role in providing school construction and modernization funds to local school districts – a school facility funding role the state has played since 1947. Previous statewide school construction bond authority is exhausted. To inform this policy debate, our paper describes the role each of the 50 states plays in K-12 school facility funding, summarizing each states’ funding formula.