As the jobs war escalated, critics figured, eventually some state would give away so much tax revenue in the name of luring companies that it would jeopardize its fiscal health. South Carolina is that state. EdWeek Archives on School Finance School funding isn't simple. The money often comes with strings attached. It can be redirected and reprioritized on a whim by politicians and administrators.
Every state does things slightly differently.
And funding tends to vary dramatically, from neighborhood to neighborhood,, and from year to year, This site provides and essay that is a primer for school finance and sources for information on development in this field for the past several years. By Thomas Snyder, Charlene Hoffman, and Claire Geddes, U.S. Department of Education. Compendium of state-level elementary, secondary, and higher education statistics. We've Become A Borderline Third World Slightly Edited Speech by Wall Street Financier Darla Moore to the South Carolina Legislature on May 13, 1998. This report from NEA Research forecasts a looming fiscal crisis in many states that could bring priority efforts to improve public education to a screeching halt.