Senate Budget Contains K-12 Education Cuts
The Senate budget released on May 28 also contained a number of cuts to public education. Â Some of the proposed cuts are as follows: Reduces funding for teacher assistants by $233 million so that state funding would only provide for teacher assistants in grades K-1 and not K-3 Cuts $3.5 million from school bus replacement Cuts $28.6 million from school transportation services. Â State funding for driver education would be eliminated Cuts the Department of Public Instruction by 30% Cuts 70 school nurse positions
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