claim: says the state is required "pick up 70 percent of the cost" of k-12 education.
author: john kitzhaber
evidence_1: research has found that parents pick up 60 percent of the cost of child care;  federal, state ... in the united states today, 65 percent of children under six have  both parents in ... in k-12 education—and safety and quality requirements reflect  that need. ... and those who teach infants and toddlers make about 70 percent of  what ...
evidence_2: soq costs make up about 90% of the state funding to localities, ... each local  school division is required to share in the cost of k-12 required programs ...  localities must pick up a percentage of costs based on their ability-to-pay or  local ... department of education (vdoe) as to the amount needed to fund the  status quo in.
evidence_3: jun 15, 2017 ... legislators' questions thursday over an education-dedicated tax reform bill ...  the bill is an effort to require more businesses to pay state taxes and to ... and  customers would pick up some of the cost, but some of the tax increase would ...  with 70 percent of the fund going to k-12 education, 20 percent to the ...
evidence_4: jun 15, 2011 ... who better to lead an educational revolution than joel klein, the prosecutor ...  our spending (in inflation-adjusted dollars) on k–12 public education. ... just shy  of 70 percent, according to a 2010 report by the editorial projects in ..... to new  york state or local taxes and goes up with cost-of-living increases.
evidence_5: mar 19, 2013 ... in the past five years, state cuts to higher education funding have been severe  and almost universal. ... schools is up more than 70 percent, while other states'  universities ... for example, about 535,000 more k-12 students are enrolled in  the .... while students have been picking up a larger share of the costs.