Budget Pain Dampening K-12 Efforts
Governors, State Legislatures Seek Ways to Limit Damage
Governors and state lawmakers are poised to kick off their toughest legislative sessions in years, with the hope of sparing K-12 education from deep budget cuts in the face of mounting deficits—a far cry from the more typical push for new policy initiatives and school programs.
Simply holding the line may prove difficult.
Together, 31 states face existing fiscal 2009 budget gaps totaling $30 billion, and are already cutting precollegiate education to help close those shortfalls, according to the
latest semiannual fiscal survey
released by the National Governors Association and the National Association...
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Clarification:
This article differs slightly from the version in the Jan. 7 issue of Education Week, which did not reflect New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s decision to withdraw his name as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
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