Posted by Sarah Kliff on September 4, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Millions of students across the country head back to start the school year today. They’re heading back to classrooms that have seen deep budget cuts over the past five years, leaving many school districts with less money than they had before the recession began.
The Center for Budget Policies and Priorities draws up this graph that looks at how school spending has changed over the past five years. In the majority of states, per-student spending is still lower than it was five years ago. Arizona and Alabama have seen the biggest cuts:
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