Friday, June 8, 2007

Where Does Your Education Dollar Go? 

Mackinac report traces path of $12,000 per student

Filed As:  Education (k-12)

Did you know that your state may use as many as 30 different taxes and tax transfers to pay for public schools? With a rat's nest like that, it's difficult to get a global understanding of school finance. But the folks at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy have come up with a great aid to that effect, the Michigan School Money Primer. With 180 pages stuffed with 600 footnotes, it's not exactly beach-reading material. But it does let you drill down to the district level, so you can compare your district's spending patterns with a statewide average.

• posted by John LaPlante
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