Education likely to survive next cuts
Source: nems360.com Posted By: Bailey C...5346 days ago
Gov. Haley Barbour predicts that education will be spared from the next round of budget cuts he expects to make.
“More cuts are likely...,” the second-term governor said recently. “I think more cuts to education are unlikely.”
Because state taxes collections are not coming in as projected and not at a pace to fund the budget, he already has cut nearly $172 million, including $158 million from education from the kindergarten through the university level.