Sounding the Alarms: Arizona Schools Feeling Budget Pinch

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An unprecedented budget crunch is putting public school finance experts to the test.

When students return to schools in a month or less they will encounter bigger class sizes, fewer teachers and librarians, bus routes eliminated, and classrooms and corridors that aren't quite as clean as they've been in the past.

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Sounding the Alarms: Arizona Schools Feeling Budget Pinch

School officials and staff, many of whom belong to the Arizona Association of School Business Officials (AASBO), are crunching numbers that will, among other things, result in reductions in their own pay and benefits -- and that's for the lucky ones who haven't lost their jobs.

Schools are trying to cope with the elimination of funding for all-day kindergarten, and districts with declining enrollments are facing a double hit. Some officials think declining enrollment is tied to the state's new immigration law, which is scheduled to take effect July 29.

The Legi...

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