Dept of Education Phantom Cuts
May 30, 2008
Nearly half the Department of Education’s $200 million in cuts to its administrative budget for the 2008-09 school year were achieved through slashing cost estimates rather than actual costs, officials said. They include $25 million in anticipated savings through tougher negotiations for bulk purchases and $45 million in “cash management” efficiencies.
Even though they’re labeled “nonschool” budget cuts, some of the DOE’s reductions will have an impact on kids, such as a delay in introducing new social-studies curricula for fourth- and seventh-graders.
Source: NY Post
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