Shapiro: 'Stars out of alignment' for schools

[Sen. Florence Shapiro] ticked off reasons why the Senate's initial budget gives public schools $9.3 billion less than they're entitled to under current funding formulas: The state has no money to replace $3.3 billion of federal stimulus money it gave the schools last session. It has no money for the $2.2 billion schools will need to cover projected growth in student enrollment. Nor does the state have $2 billion to offset school districts' loss of tax revenue from a decline in property values, though under current law it's supposed to do that. And so on. [Sen. Florence Shapiro]
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