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Brewer: More cuts for education possible
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Feb 09, 2009 10:34am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Sierra Vista Herald |
| News Date | Monday, February 9, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she’s unwilling to rule out even deeper cuts next year in state aid for education.
The new governor’s comments came close to a week after she signed a modified budget for the current year that cuts $141 million in university funding, $133 million in state aid to public schools and took $9 million away from community colleges.
Overall cuts totaled about $570 million, with funds taken from special accounts and an anticipated $500 million in federal stimulus dollars making up the balance of the $1.6 billion gap between revenues and expenses.
Even with those cuts, though, the deficit next year is still projected at close to $2.4 billion. Brewer said fixing that hole will require that everything be on the table — including further education cuts. |
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