Barbour announces $172 million in budget cuts
Gov. Barbour announced $172 million in budget cuts today, $158 million in education – K-12, Community College and Higher Education.
The cuts amount to 5 percent below the legislative appropriations.
Exempted are funds for the Ayers settlement, Chickasaw Cession fund, student financial aid and board certified teachers’s salary supplements.
Medicaid is exempt from the cuts.
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