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Spending to be rolled back in San Juan school district
- 01-26-2010
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By Bill Lindelof/Sacramento Bee
In anticipation of the state withholding money, the San Juan Unified School Distict is tightening its belt. The suburban Sacramento district's newsletter said that San Juan will reduce all budgets to spending levels of the 2008-09 school year and only hire employees critical to the "instructional mission." District officials said the move is necessary as word comes that the state plans to withhold 25 percent of local school districts' funding until August to meet California's own budgetary needs. That places many districts in the position of running low on cash in June, the district said. The austerity measure will help San Juan avoid the need to borrow funds until repaid by the state. (more...)
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