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The most important change necessitated by the Great Depression was an increase in educational financing from the states. The decline in property values and general prosperity often dried up sources of school funding at the local level. Increasingly states assumed the responsibility of paying for schools, standardizing both financial practices and curriculum. Many states began providing "foundation grants" — a "floor" of guaranteed funding for every district in a state, rich or poor. Localities remained free to spend more or less on their own schools; state funding was designed to ensure that a minimal amount of instruction was financed. Between 1930 and 1940 state support for schools doubled, covering more than 30 percent of all educational expenses. In 1930 only seven states covered local school costs to that degree; by 1934 eighteen states had assumed this level of support.
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