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Let voters decide
Salt Lake Tribune, 06/11/2008
Voucher foes take on other issues 
Deseret Morning News, 03/21/2008
Vouchers go down in crushing defeat
Salt Lake Tribune, 11/07/2007
Voucher Program Voted Down
KSL, 11/07/2007
Vouchers Fail At The Hands Of Utah Voters
KUTV, 11/07/2007
FAST FACT:
The proportion of 7th through 12th grade public school math teachers with majors in their field has increased by 15%, making Utah one of the top 3 most improved states in the nation.
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Latest Utah Foundation report highlights decline in Utah's funding effort for education
Utah’s Education Funding Effort: State Faces Long-Term Challenges
"The U.S. Census Bureau recently released data on education spending and revenue in each state for fiscal year 2009. Utah ranked last in the nation in per-pupil spending, a position it has held since 1988. This low ranking in per-pupil spending is in part the result of the high proportion of children to the general population in Utah. However, Utah Foundation has also noted that there has been a significant decline in the public education funding effort since 1995, a trend that, despite additional funds from the economic stimulus package and the recent state budget surplus, still continues."
Read the full report here.
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Public School Funding—Are We Doing Enough?
Reports show changes to Utah tax policies over the past decade have eroded public education funding by more than $1 billion per year.
The School Funding and Tax Policy Series Reports I-IV issued by Utahns for Public Schools (UTPS) highlights legislative policy changes that are responsible for Utah’s decline in Public Education funding effort. In addition, it is a warning that if these trends persist, they will continue to significantly limit funding to Public Education in the future. These research reports find that systemic, if not systematic, changes have occurred in the past decade that, if reversed, would bring more than a $1 billion in revenue back into Public Education. View reports...
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