History of IDEA
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Who’ll be biggest loser among OC public schools?
- 03-31-2010
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Blog by Teri Sforza/Orange County Register
You may have heard that The Governator’s proposed 2010-11 budget will reduce funding for K-12 education by $2.7 billion. What, precisely, does that mean? A new analysis by the California Budget Project- an independent, nonpartisan think tank in Sacramento – brings the figures down to earth. In the classroom, they translate into $432 per student, statewide (with more to come; see below). Orange County gets off easy, comparatively: It stands to lose $152.2 million, or an average of $321 per student. That’s due to lots of complicated factors, such as local property taxes available and formulas and the like. So who would be the biggest loser in OC? That depends on how you define “loser. (more...)
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