More States Grapple With Budget Shortfalls
The troubled economy continues to ravage states’ education budgets, with Alabama school employees bracing to get pared-down paychecks for the second consecutive month, and both Arizona and Delaware preparing for cuts in school spending.
In Alabama, all of the state’s 131 school systems have been informed that they will receive only 75 percent of their funds from the state allotted for payroll for November.
State schools Superintendent Joe Morton has sent school superintendents a letter informing them that the partial payments will be wired Friday to the system’s accounts. Morton said Tuesday that he hopes the systems will get the rest of the November payroll...
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