The lottery pitched in $2.54 billion for education funding in 2009, or 12 percent of all state aid delivered to local school districts.
The lottery is more important than ever to state finances. But counselors and a lawmaker want more done to protect those who don’t have “a little bit of luck.”
Adolfo Carrion gives the keynote presentation at the Regional Planning Association’s April 16, 2010 assembly.
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