The average spending gap between the poorest and the wealthiest has risen even more, he said, to about $5,000 for each student.

And more than half that money still comes from local property taxes, a reliance that is the source of the spending gap.

The Nebraska legislation, which was passed in April, is an attempt to close the spending gap between rich schools and poor ones.

The spending gap alone doesn't explain the performance gap.

The aim would be to narrow the spending gap between the poor and wealthier districts.

Private environmental groups and engineering trade groups have been pointing to the spending gap for several years.

The state is under court order to close the spending gap.

For a few years the spending gap between districts narrowed.

She must close a spending gap in the new budget that could be as high as $2 billion.

The high investment returns of the 1990's do not seem to have notably widened the spending gap between rich and poor.