China has failed to reach the target of the finance input for education as 4% of GDP for 17 years since the target was raised. Rural education has been faced up to lots of problems. The growth of rural compulsory education input stays sluggish. Extra-budget revenue still makes a big part of the input for rural education. And rural compulsory education input stays uneven among provinces. This paper attempts to explain those problems by arguing that it is because education is marginalized in public budgeting ...