Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100309:18:58:00
Scheduled to vote on a measure to close half of the schools and eliminate 3,000 jobs and 285 of those are teaching jobs. the state is facing a shortfall, so we wanted to breakdown how many public schools are being forced to close ostensibly because of the recession. so 80% of the school funding is generated by property taxes. so you see the problem here. this recession has brought house prices down and put a lot of people out of their house, and as a result, schools are getting less money. according to a survey by the american association of school administrators 6% of school districts closed ...
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