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CHART: 30 States Spend Less On Education Than They Did In 2008 | According to a new report the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities will release tomorrow, 30 of the 46 states in which state funding data is available are spending less on education than they did before the economic recession began in 2008. Four states — South Carolina, Arizona, California, and Hawaii — have cut funding by more than 20 percent (after inflation adjustments) since 2008, while 13 others have cut their education budgets by at least 10 percent. Only North Dakota has increased its budget by more than 20 percent, and only three others have increased by more than 10 percent:
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