CL Ed Board – Boost education funding
Gov. Phil Bryant amended his proposed budget this week in the wake of better budget estimates for the state in the next fiscal year.
Instead of asking local school districts to dig into their own financial reserves to offset state funding cuts, he proposes giving elementary and secondary schools, community colleges and universities the same amount as this year.
As The Clarion-Ledger reported, Bryant’s original budget, released in January, included 5.5 percent cuts to most state agencies. The new one has cuts of about 1.7 percent for most, which he called a “more comfortable” level.
That level of comfort could depend on who is on which end of the knife.
Clarion Ledger
3/30/12
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