After this backlash, the state legislature did increase funding for schools, but inflation-adjusted per-student funding is still 16 percent lower than in 2008. And to finance the new spending, instead of closing corporate tax loopholes, the legislature used regressive taxes. Ninety percent of Kentuckians will pay more—while the top 10 percent of income earners will pay less, and the top 1 percent will pay far less. An unprecedented 46 educators are now running for the state legislature.