Education likely to survive next cuts

Source: nems360.com Posted By: Bailey C...5338 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.

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