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Study: Classroom spending in state drops from 2003-09
- 08-10-2010
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By Richard K. De Atley/Riverside Press-Enterprise
California schools got more money from 2003 to 2009 but spent a smaller share of their budgets on students, a study has found. Inland schools fared well in the analysis, but local administrators say the study does not reflect the current situation -- two years of less money and districts struggling to protect money spent teaching children. California's per-student spending increased nearly 26 percent from fiscal years 2003-04 through 2008-09, but the percentage of school district money spent directly on the classroom fell more than a percentage point, said the study by Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy's Davenport Institute. (more...)
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