PHOENIX — The percentage of education dollars that ends up in the classroom has declined once again.
New data from the Auditor General’s Office show just 52.1 cents of every dollar spent in the last school year end up in what is classified as instruction. That mainly includes the salaries and benefits of teachers, aides, substitutes as well as general instruction supplies and aids, as well as field trips and athletics.
That compares with 52.6 cents the prior year. And it also is the lowest in the two decades there has been such a report.
