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by toast0 1213 days ago
> For those who don't understand, particularly non-Americans, schools are funded primarily by local property taxes.

This was true historically, and may still be true in some states, but court cases since the 1970s [1] have been forcing reforms on school funding to be more equitable at the state level.

[1] https://edeq.stanford.edu/sections/section-4-lawsuits/landma...