Opinion: California budget continues to boost education spending as kids leave public schools
Some of the spending in California’s record-breaking $308 billion budget seems to be an attempt to slow down the number of people fleeing the state. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, California saw the highest net outflow of residents in the country, losing 300,000 residents between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021.Florida and Texas, together, gained over 625,000 residents during that period, according to Census data.
Stimulus checks marketed as ‘inflation relief’ are the largest item in that $17 billion portion of the budget. The payments will go to single adults making up to $250,000 a year and couples making up to $500,000, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion.
Even though there are fewer kids in public schools, the state’s education spending continues to go up. But higher education spending isn’t leading to higher student test scores. Despite increasing education spending by 36% since 2002, California students produced only small increases in math and reading test scores as of 2019.
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