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Data exclusive: With California school bonds, the rich get richer and the poor, not so much (calmatters.org)

 

Wealthy communities have been reaping far more local bond money than poorer districts, amplifying existing inequities for the state’s public-school students, CALmatters education reporter Ricardo Cano reports.

He tells a story of two schools:

  • At Hilmar Unified, in a Merced County, 60 percent of the district’s 2,400 students last year were on free or reduced-cost lunch. Hilmar voters have passed one local bond in 20 years, worth $2 million, or $838 per pupil.
  • Voters in Beverly Hills Unified, attended by 400 students, have approved more than $1 billion in local bonds during that time, or $271,803 per pupil.

To read more of Richard Cano's article, please click here.

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