You want the government to pay for children's books out of the pockets of alcoholics? I know that's an uncharitable reading of what you said, but that's what it boils down to. If people drink less alcohol, generally considered a good thing for society (I say this as someone with a well-stocked liquor cabinet), then the kids get fewer textbooks.
A drop in alcohol sales would cause the budget to be reworked. If they decide to cut the education budget in response, that's fine, but they would not simply throw up their hands and say "oh well, no books for students".
If you worked two jobs, and deposited one paycheck into a bank account that you labeled "food" and the second into a different bank account labeled "rent, savings, and everything else", and you lost the job that got deposited into the "food" account, would you starve?
Those states have sales taxes, income taxes and property taxes.
The point is: misaligned incentives.