States Send Millions Back to Feds!
Lack of Federal Funds? Not Really.
by Suzanne Whitney, Research Editor, Wrightslaw

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One complaint we frequently hear in discussions about improving educational outcomes is the "lack of federal funding" complaint. We hear that states are doing the best they can with the meager federal education funds they receive.

This argument assumes that:

Now we learn that the inadequate federal funding complaint is a myth.

In an article that received far less attention than it deserves, Associated Press reporter Nancy Zuckerbrod found that every state returned federal education funds to the U.S. Treasury last year, rather than spend these funds on education.

Some states returned millions of dollars. Check your state

Are you a

Could your school or school district have used that federal education money?

Are you a taxpayer who must now pay additional state taxes to make up for the federal dollars your state sent back to Washington?

Do you want this to happen again?

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Article by AP reporter Nancy Zuckerbrod in the Detroit News

State contacts and accountability information for all states

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