Public schools or K-12 education now costlier than college in the U.S.

What a waste of taxpayers money! Why don't we give $14,000 directly to every eligible K-12 child so parents can make choices where they want their children to be educated?

I bet the situation is similar in other states than Arizona!

"As newly reported by the nonpartisan Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Arizona public schools are now so awash in funding that they will have $14,326 to spend per student in the 2021-2022 school year. By comparison, according to the same budget analysts, tuition and fees at Arizona State University cost around $3,000 less, coming in at $11,348. ...
the fact that Arizona’s per pupil K-12 funding has risen more than 40% over the past four decades (even adjusting for inflation and even before Arizona’s share of the latest two rounds of the $200 billion of federal Covid stimulus funds are even factored in).  ..."

Public schools now costlier than college | Arizona Capitol Times: Arizona public schools just hit a major milestone — they’re officially more expensive than the full freight tuition cost of sending a child to college at a four-year university here in the Grand Canyon State Arizona