EdTrust Tennessee Revenue Strategy Lab: Designing Fair Revenue Policies

Join us on Monday, November 10 at 2pm CT / 3pm ET to learn what fair and sustainable tax systems look like and how states can protect K-12 funding through strategic policies.

In our first session, “Revenue Basics for School Funding,” we talked about how changing state revenues can put schools – and especially underserved students – at risk. Let’s shift to solutions: What can states do to stabilize funding, protect key resources, and maintain meaningful investments in students when budgets tighten?

In the second session, experts from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, and EdFund will unpack fair tax principles and state policy options designed to strengthen and stabilize funding for K–12 education across the South.

Advocates will learn:

• How to evaluate whether a tax is fair and sustainable 

• How tax policy trends in the South are affecting revenue for K-12…