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.
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