“The cliff” is the term already being used to describe what may happen to school funding when the federal stimulus funding runs out. Now, a new study by the New York Comptrollers office gives specific examples of the multi-billion dollar deficits states will face, and it is daunting. New York, for one, will see a $2 billion shortfall after its K-12 stimulus money ends in 2011-12, the Associated Press reports, and the analysis estimates the state’s already high local property taxes could increase by 8 percent. In other news, Dallas finds its schools’ climates vary widely and high schools are taking student athletes’ concussions more seriously. Read these stories and more in School Board News Today.
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