The ability of California to provide quality education for its youth depends both on the state's capacity to fund K-12 education and on how the education dollars are used to provide educational services after they are allocated. This report examines how California's federal, state, and local education dollars are spent after they are allocated to…

Unlike many other states, Michigan's school-finance reform was triggered not by a lawsuit but by legislative action that eliminated the property tax as a revenue source for public schools. Changes included an increase in the sales tax from 4 to 6 cents and a move to a foundation grant formula, which included a state foundation-allowance target for…