A new national study of how states pay for public education gave Florida an “F” for “Effort,” and ranked it near the bottom of states in how it spends taxes dollars for education.
The Education Law Center compared equity in school funding for all 50 states in a study called “Is School Funding Fair? America’s Most Fiscally Disadvantaged School Districts.” The center is a left-leaning, Pennsylvania-based organization that researches public school funding around the country.
Florida ranked 42nd for education funding per student and 49th for the number of teachers per 100 students in public schools.
The state also shows the second steepest decline in education funding, behind Hawaii, between 2008 to 2013, the years the study measured.
The national funding level per student averaged $9,766.80 while Florida’s was $7,033, after adjusting for regional differences and district sizes, said Danielle Farrie, Education Law Center’s research director.
[vc_btn title=”More on Florida funding education ” style=”outline” color=”primary” size=”sm” align=”left” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fjacksonville.com%2Fnews%2Fmetro%2F2016-04-07%2Fstory%2Fflorida-ranks-low-education-funding-report-card|title:More%20on%20Florida%20funding%20education%20|target:%20_blank”][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By Denise Smith Amos, Jacksonville.com, SouthFloridaReporter.com, April 10, 2016
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