House budget released — Higher education hit hard


Written by | The Bellingham Herald | March 31, 2009

The Washington House released its budget today, and higher education is taking the biggest hit.

The House version calls for cutting $683 million from higher education, compared with the Senate’s call for cutting $513 million.

But, K-12 education is saved a bit in the House budget, which includes $625 million in cuts, compared with $877 million in the Senate budget.

Now the work begins to combine the budgets.

Regardless of what the final dollar amounts are, many believe this is still the biggest cut in education in ages. It will be up to each school district and university to decide how to distribute cuts, but expect layoffs across the board.

The exact amount schools and universities will have to cut won’t be known until the budget is adopted. However, the release of the Senate and House budgets means education officials can make educated guesses. As soon as I know what those are, I will post them here on School Days.

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  1. Okay, in my opinion the more expensive education of the child is very essential for the reason that of the fact that unless a person is educated as much as possible, the job prospects are not effective. As a person is educated more and more, there is a greater opportunity of achieving excellence in the work. This is because of the fact that education is the foundation where the society will be built.

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