Sentences with phrase «slashes other areas of education»

The Senate budget also slashes other areas of education to pay for the steep raise, notably cutting the jobs of more than 7,000 teacher assistants and crippling the Department of Public Instruction with a 30 percent reduction.

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In response to these strains, state and local governments have cut infrastructure investment, slashed support for higher education, cut spending on K — 12 education, cut spending on social benefits other than Medicaid, reduced administrative staff and reduced most other areas of the budget.

Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.