Not exact matches
Though legislatures push lotteries as a supplement for educational
funds,
often those lottery revenues end up being used as a substitute for other
funds, with no
additional money going to
education.
School districts and
education advocates seeking better
funding from their states have had success in courts, but
often have to endure a lengthy process before seeing
additional funding.
In addition to the base tax of 1 percent of assessed value, property owners
often pay
additional school taxes for two purposes: to pay off bonds issued to
fund school construction and to
fund ongoing
education costs through what are called parcel taxes.
Additional responsibilities
often include state -
funded preschool programs; at - risk programming; school - age child care; school administration and improvement; curriculum and assessment in the early grades; and data collection about the health,
education, and well - being of the young children in the state.