Michigan’s Proposal A shifted the burden of school funding from property taxes to sales tax, with the goal of reducing the funding inequities between disparate school districts. Now, despite the school funding shift, inequities remain and questions remain regarding adequacy: what is an appropriate level of funding, and how do policy makers budget for it? This article on Pennsylvania school funding has implications for all states, as legislators grapple with how to pay for education:

In short, every state is wrestling with the issue of educational funding inequity.

Because we know that education funding systems relying on property taxes are inherently unfair, that zip codes and property values are wildly uneven across states, regions, and even municipalities, Michigan’s system needs to overcome inequities while providing adequacy.