America’s School Funding Crisis: Budget Cuts, Rising Costs And No Help In Sight

School funding experts predicted a looming financial disaster for the nation’s K-12 schools.

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Back in May, school funding experts predicted a looming financial disaster for the nation’s K-12 schools.

“I think we’re about to see a school funding crisis unlike anything we have ever seen in modern history,” warned Rebecca Sibilia, the founder of EdBuild, a school finance advocacy organization. “We are looking at devastation that we could not have imagined … a year ago.”

But those warnings, like everything else that happened in May, feel like a lifetime ago. Where do things stand now? First, a little good news: