Utah has again ranked last in the nation for money spent per student — a spot it has secured every year now for at least the past decade.
At $7,179, the state nabbed its usual place behind Idaho, according to 2017 data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. And the difference between the bottom two states is still so wide that to move up even one spot, Utah would have to spend roughly $200 million — an extra $307 for each of the 650,000 public K-12 students here.
“I find this very concerning,” said Utah Education Association President Heidi Matthews, who leads the largest teacher union in the state.