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January 30, 2010

New federal budget ups spending on education

Tom Weber:

One area of the federal government that could see more money is education as the president is proposing to spend as much as $4 billion more nationally next year on schools.

With state funding at a standstill and facing possible cuts, the prospect of any new money for schools gives the federal government more power in setting the terms.

Even $4 billion more from the federal government will not change the fact that the nation's schools get a lion's share of their money from their states.

But state budgets are pinched -- Minnesota's deficit tops a billion dollars - and that's just for the remaining five months on this current fiscal year.

The Lakeville district's budget is 80 percent state money, and Superintendent Gary Amoroso predicts that portion will stay flat for at least four years. Even as costs for things like health care and teacher pay keep increasing.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 30, 2010 1:58 AM
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