by David Safier
From an article in the Arizona Guardian:
State education officials say the worst is yet to come as stimulus funds are depleted and the state struggles to fill a $1.5 billion gap in the 2010 budget.
Last month, Gov. Jan Brewer asked agency directors for proposed 15 percent cuts to their budgets.
The Department of Education identified more than $11 million in cuts to five different programs, from school safety and chemical abuse prevention to family literacy programs, which among other things, helps parents obtain their GEDs.
Tom Horne, Superintendent of Public Instruction, said he picked the five programs that don’t have federal matching funds tied to them.