JASON BROWNE
State legislators continue to talk about what they’re not going to do with regard to education.
While the state faces a $400 million budget shortfall this fiscal year, lawmakers are tasked with solving an even bigger financial mess for fiscal year 2011. But even after the Senate passed a resolution Wednesday giving Gov. Haley Barbour power to make another 10-percent budget cut to agencies, both houses continue to struggle to find ways to trim the state’s education budget.
The latest idea to get shot down, following university mergers, is the governor’s recommendation to merge one-third of the state’s 152 school districts. Lawmakers point out no actions can be completely written off until the session is finished, but they insist support for district consolidation is negligible.
“I don’t see any groundswell in the House or Senate to consolidate school districts,” said Sen. Terry Brown, R-Columbus. “That doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen.”
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