Santa Rita Union School District, in Monterey County, is constantly patching up rotting floors and leaking roofs. Wealthier districts in the same county have state-of-the-art theaters, gymnasiums and science classrooms.

That’s partly due to a decades-old method for funding school construction in California that many say has exacerbated inequalities.

How did California's funding formula for school facilities become so unequal? And what are advocates proposing to do about it?

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