Originally published at Pennsylvania Policy Center on November 8, 2023.
In February 2023, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer called for a new funding system in Pennsylvania to fulfill the state’s obligation to provide a thorough and efficient education for its children. But, opponents of increased education funding cite the state’s high per-student spending, compared to other states, as a reason not to increase our total spending on K-12 schools.
The comparison to other states’ spending per student is misleading in multiple ways.