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State schools chief warns more deep cuts could bankrupt 110 school districts
- 04-15-2011
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By Julie Small/KPCC
The head of California’s K-12 warned on Thursday that another drastic cut in spending could bankrupt school districts. The State’s Superintendent of Public Instruction delivered that dire outlook at a Senate hearing in Sacramento. Public schools and community colleges are facing budget cuts that could total $4.5 billion in cuts in the next budget year. State Superintendent Tom Torlakson says that would bankrupt more than 100 school districts. “It’s almost unfathomable. It would be chaotic. It would be very costly,” he says. (more...)
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