This paper seeks to demonstrate that the current binding way of funding basic education through the Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica e Valorização dos Profissionais da Educação (Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Basic Education - FUNDEB) originates from the intertwining of three aspects or links that have emerged along the history of Brazilian education. These links, as for them, imply a social conception of the State more influenced by liberalism. Such links govern the impact of the liberal policies on school education.
Education funding; State and educational funding; Public policies and education funding
