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Sacramento-area schools say Schwarzenegger wants cuts they're already making
- 01-14-2010
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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese/Sacramento Bee
California school superintendents spent the early part of this week huddled with staff, trying to figure out what the governor's budget proposal means to their districts. Of the $1.5 billion Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants cut from the state's K-12 school districts next year, $1.2 billion would come from district administration. Targeting superintendents, school boards and other central expenses, he said he wants to spare more classroom cuts. California districts will be asked to reduce administrative costs 10 percent statewide unless they can show the cuts would leave then fiscally insolvent, state finance officials said late Wednesday. The governor has defined administrative costs broadly: His definition covers everything from the school board to heating and air conditioning. (more...)
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