Sentences with phrase «swollen education budget»

But he drew the line at adding billions to the state's already swollen education budget, which likely would have required a hefty tax increase.

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The issue was, as it always is, the budget: a swollen $ 136 billion chimera that, $ 9.2 billion out of balance, would require massive cuts to education and health care spending and possible layoffs of state workers, to say nothing of some tax increases.

Bear in mind that states and districts account for the lion's share of special - education funding and that this part of their education budgets has ballooned in recent decades, both because the special - ed pupil rolls have swelled and because costs in this realm are exceptionally difficult to keep within bounds (in part because of federal «cost - may - not - be-considered» and «maintenance - of - effort» rules).

The consequences will be devastating for every state, district, and school across the United States, where already - lean education budgets have prompted teacher layoffs, swelling class sizes, shortened school days, narrowed curricula, and the disappearance of crucial after - school programming and wraparound services.