First, one can see that initially, local funds were the dominant source of district revenues, with states and the federal government being only minor partners. (educationnext.org)
As a benchmark case, consider a hypothetical voucher program that has no net impact on taxpayers or on per - pupil district revenues. (educationnext.org)
Local funding for the district declined by 0.7 percent, but given the large share of state and federal funding, overall district revenues still grew by 6.7 percent. (educationnext.org)