Ensure state education formulas are student - based and flexible. (educationnext.org)
Gov. Nathan Deal once said that the Quality Basic Education formula used in funding schools was not suitable to «meet the needs of a 21st century classroom,» but he abandoned a promise he made during his 2014 bid for re-election to overhaul it. (myajc.com)
Today, 23 states are providing less education formula funding — which typically accounts for half of elementary and secondary school budgets — than they did in 2008, according to the CBPP. (governing.com)