Arizona clocked in at 50th in per-pupil education funding out of 50 states of Washington D.C. 

“Four of the five states with the biggest cuts in general school funding since 2008 — Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin — have also cut income tax rates in recent years.”

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 2015


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