Voters to Decide How States Fund Education
Measures seek to increase spending for K-12 schools.
Voters in some states will be asked to approve more funding for education when they go to the polls next month, and others will decide ballot measures that could have a significant impact on how states pay for education.
California, Idaho, Michigan, and Ohio are among the states with measures that would increase or seek to protect school spending.
In California, Proposition 1D—part of the “strategic growth plan” put forward by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who is seeking re-election—would authorize more than $10.4 billion in bonds for construction projects in K-12 and higher education. The funds would be used to relieve overcrowding, build charter schools, improve earthquake safety at schools, and pay for...
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