Schools Fear Fiscal, Social Impact of Medicaid Cuts

By Millicent Lawton

Washington

Officials of the Chicago public schools are so alarmed at the prospect of losing $35 million in federal Medicaid funding that they are sending students home with fliers that entreat parents to lobby their representatives in Congress.

Similarly, Peter J. Negroni, the superintendent of schools in Springfield, Mass., headed for Capitol Hill last week to try to avert a financial catastrophe for his district--the likely result, he said, if pending Medicaid...