Utah, dead last again in per pupil spending, would need $94 million to move up one spot

Utah has once again ranked last in the nation in per-pupil spending, a spot it has held now for more than two decades — meaning students who started kindergarten when the trend began could have graduated from college in that time.The numbers, released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau, show the state allocated $7,628 per student using totals from 2018, the most recent available. That keeps Utah in its longtime place at No. 51 behind Idaho, which spent $7,771.“We are just last year aft