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Schwarzenegger budget projects less spending for class-size reduction
- 01-20-2010
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By Louis Freedberg and Hugo Cabrera/Oakland Tribune
For the first time since the program began 14 years ago, a California governor is planning on spending significantly less on California's popular, but expensive, class-size reduction program than in previous years. In his budget released Jan. 8, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger projected spending $340 million less than anticipated during the current school year, and $550 million less in the school year beginning in September. Together, the reductions would save the state nearly $900 million. This would mark a huge rollback of the program that now costs the state about $1.8 billion a year. Since 1996, California has spent about $22 billion on the program, making it the most expensive education reform program in California's history. (more...)
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