Table 44
Change in Per-Pupil State Funding for K-12 Education, 1998-99
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Vermont	164.7%		27	Maryland	4.6%
2	New Hampshire	63.7%		28	Mississippi	4.5%
3	Nebraska	24.9%		29	Colorado	4.3%
4	Kansas	12.7%		30	Pennsylvania	4.3%
5	Massachusetts	12.3%		31	Alabama	4.3%
6	Illinois	11.5%		32	Arkansas	4.2%
7	California	10.4%		33	Kentucky	3.9%
8	New Jersey	9.5%		34	Hawaii	3.7%
9	Wyoming	8.8%		35	Idaho	3.6%
10	Rhode Island	8.6%		36	Minnesota	3.4%
11	Virginia	7.7%		37	West Virginia	2.7%
12	Maine	7.0%		38	Michigan	2.6%
13	NEW YORK	6.8%		39	Arizona	2.4%
14	New Mexico	6.7%		40	Alaska	2.3%
15	South Carolina	6.3%		41	Oregon	2.3%
16	Oklahoma	6.2%		42	Montana	2.3%
17	Nevada	6.1%		43	Tennessee	2.2%
18	North Carolina	5.8%		44	Florida	2.1%
19	Washington	5.7%		45	Delaware	1.9%
20	Ohio	5.4%		46	Missouri	1.4%
21	Utah	5.2%		47	North Dakota	1.2%
22	Louisiana	5.2%		48	Connecticut	1.2%
23	Iowa	5.2%		49	Georgia	0.8%
24	Indiana	4.8%		50	Texas	-2.0%
25	Wisconsin	4.8%		U.S. average		5.8%
26	South Dakota	4.8%		N.Y.S. % above		17.2%
Source: Center for the Study of the States, Rockefeller Institute of Government
New York's higher-than-average spending increase came on top of existing spending levels far higher than most states'.