Thirty-seven states provide dual funding for students who are both English learners and from low-income families, with 36 adding the unique weights for each group and New Jersey adjusting the combined weight¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Thirty-seven states provide dual funding for students who qualify as both English learners and from low-income families. → Griffith 2025 q2 i? Thirty-six of these states add the unique weights for each student group, while New Jersey augments the at-risk weight with an additional EL weight of 0.125, yielding a total between 0.595 and 0.695. → Griffith 2025

Evidence¶

Griffith 2025¶

Griffith, M., & Burns, D. (2025). Funding student needs: A review of state funding policies for English learners and students from low-income backgrounds. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/471.440

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The report's 50-state policy review identified "37 states provide dual funding" for students qualifying as both EL and low-income/at-risk; 36 add the separate weights (e.g., Oklahoma 0.25 EL plus 0.30 FRPM), and New Jersey adjusts the combination based on a commissioned finance study.

"Our review found that 37 states provide dual funding for students who qualify as both English learners and being from low-income families. Thus, students in these states are eligible for additional funds offered to address the learning needs of being both an English learner and qualifying as at-risk/low-income."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Across 11 states with transparent student group allocation, estimated combined additional funding for dual EL/low-income students ranged from $904 per pupil in Arkansas to $16,161 in New Jersey — related
• In 2023–24, 49 states provided separate additional funding for English learners, most commonly through weights in their funding formulas, with a national median EL weight of 0.25 — related
• In 2023–24, 44 states provided unique funding for at-risk students, with all 44 classifying low-income students as at-risk and 22 providing concentration-based funding — related
• Five school finance costing studies (2016–2023) recommended additional funding weights of 0.15–0.40 for EL students and 0.30–0.81 for low-income/at-risk students, equivalent to $1,548–$4,976 and $3,389–$8,357 in 2024 dollars — related
• California is one of only five states that counts high-need students unduplicated, unlike 37 of 42 states that allow duplicated funding — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)