This didn't work in CA and it won't work anywhere else.
What the dems are upset about is that they see the minorities getting out of the rut the dems have dug for them and now the minorities are turning away from the dems.
The only way to get them back is to emmerse them in their own languages and keep them from learning English - which keeps them from getting a good job, etc. Therefore, the minorities will remain dependent on the dems to DO FOR THEM.
DON'T ALLOW BILINGUAL - EXCEPT FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS - WHILE YOU'RE TEACHING THEM ENGLISH!!!
Identity money builds identity politics.
If you get money "because you are gay, or Hispanic, or Black or diabetic or a senior citizen" it builds your group into an identity voting constituency.
If money is appropriated to those who provide goods or services, then the same feeling of indebtedness is not built or expected.
Thus teachers should get money "because they are teachers".
That builds a voting bloc. But calculating the number of students times their improvement in reading level and then basing money on that accomplishment will not build a voting bloc