claim: state "school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation."
author: virginia education association
evidence_1: nov 29, 2017 ... most states cut school funding after the recession hit, and it took years for ... but  the number is still down 135,000 jobs compared with 2008. ... five of the 12  states raised general funding per student in 2018, after adjusting for inflation. ...  through spending cuts and only 16 percent through taxes and fees.
evidence_2: 2009 level. total state funding for nc pre-k program, inflation adjusted .... public  schools when comparing to funding for public schools in previous years. ... since  2009 ... support per student this year is down nearly 16 percent (see figure 8).
evidence_3: aug 23, 2017 ... the average state spent $1,448, or 16 percent, less per student in 2017 ... fell  $1,448 per student, or 16 percent, after adjusting for inflation. .... of postsecondary  education, compared to 82 percent of students from the top 20 percent. ... total  state aid per pupil covered 8 percent of total tuition, down from 11 ...
evidence_4: in fall 2016, u.s. public school enrollment was 49,753,306, down 0.1 percent ... ( ada) increased by 0.1 percent nationwide, from 46,457,525 in 2015‒16 to ...  2017‒18, which would be a decrease of 2.2 percent compared to 3,196,987 in  2008‒09. ... after inflation adjustment, the expenditure per student in enrollment  has ...
evidence_5: nationally, roughly 44 percent of school funding comes from state and local  sources ... approximately 16 percent of all spending, including debt service and  facilities, ... since 2007–08, inflation-adjusted average spending per pupil in the  rest of the country has declined about 4 percent, compared to 12 percent in  california.