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Utah is not last in the nation for per-pupil spending, for the first time in decades

In the year before the pandemic struck, K-12 spending was up across the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marci Weatherspoon works on a reading assignment with Lucas Gonzalez in her first grade class at Crescent Elementary in Sandy on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Utah is no longer last in the nation for per-pupil spending, according to new data from U.S. Census.