Schools must devote attention to all these needs while dealing with state and local budget cuts of a magnitude not seen for decades. (jackjenningsdc.com)
No other modern President (including President Reagan when he proposed deep cuts to low - income programs in his first budget) has proposed a budget with cuts of this magnitude to programs assisting struggling families, even if the cuts are adjusted for inflation or measured as a percent of the economy. (cbpp.org)
It will require alchemists, not policy wonks or providers, to transform cuts of this magnitude into gold.» (nystateofpolitics.com)