Three main options for securing new education revenues: better use of available funds, new tax revenues, and reduced tax expenditures¶

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Description¶

The report identifies, from its interviews, three main options California can pursue to secure new education revenues. The first is to "Make full and better use of available funds," including reprioritizing the overall state budget and better leveraging federal dollars. The second is to raise new tax revenues by increasing tax rates, expanding the tax base, or making other changes to the tax structure. The third is to reduce tax expenditures, which include tax credits, deductions, incentives, and other tax breaks. The report then details specific approaches within each option that came up in multiple interviews.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Political and public will to enact revenue measures, which the report says needs to be strengthened

Constraints¶

• The report states the list is not exhaustive: it limits discussion only to options that came up in multiple interviews

Target Learners¶

• California K–12 public school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Adequate funding to support student achievement and attainment across K–12, early education, and adjacent segments

Claims¶

• Support for tax-funded tailored instruction is wide but shallow, with paying for adequate staff seen as the major barrier, cited by 86 percent of teachers [+W]

Related Strategies¶

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Key Sources¶

• Hahnel, C., Hough, H., & Willis, J. (2020). Securing and Protecting Education Funding in California. Policy Analysis for California Education. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED609211