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CMV: Public education should be 100% federally funded.

Today about 9% of the average public school’s funding comes from federal sources. About 58% comes from state sources. And about 22% comes from local property taxes. (Source: ppic.org)

As a result, there are *massive* differences in the funding and quality of public schools between red states and blue states, rich districts and poor ones.

Teachers in MA with a few years of tenure can
break 6-figures, while teachers in poor, rural areas in the south would be lucky to make a fraction of that.

I understand that cost-of-living is a factor, here, so I would propose that school’s budgets and salaries are COL-adjusted.

I know it wouldn’t be a perfect system by any means, and it wouldn’t prevent charitable donations from tipping the scales, but I have to imagine it would be more equitable than the system we have now.
gpt
I agree that school funding shouldn't come from local property taxes, but putting the entire education system in the hands of the federal government seems like a risky move. What if they just decide to slash funding across the board? Then *all* schools across the country will be underfunded and struggling.