Georgia schools face more cuts
by Chattanooga Times Free Press
May 15, 2012 | 881 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Walker County Schools officials say they had no choice but to lay off about 50 teachers this year as Georgia continues to tighten the reins on education funding, leaving local school systems to make grim choices on what public education in the state will look like.

Districts statewide have or are determining how to take on their share of $1.14 billion in austerity cuts for fiscal year 2013. In place since 2003, those cuts have left deep holes in schools' pocketbooks. Collectively, public education in Georgia has missed out on $5.5 billion in funding since 2003 because of the General Assembly's austerity cuts.

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