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Enrollment is declining. Federal relief funds are expiring. And voters in some states will soon weigh in on constitutional amendments that could permanently constrain the tax revenue schools depend on. Districts across the country are running out of fiscal room to avoid hard decisions such as school closures and staff reductions. In our latest state education finance newsletter, Bellwether's Bonnie Okeefe and Jennifer Schiess break down what's driving budget cuts in more than half of the country's 50 largest districts, how states are responding to formula reform pressures, and what's happening on the property tax front that could reshape school finance for years to come.