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THE COST OF BEING

CHEAPBudget cuts in public education proving to be more costly.

By: Edmund Kwan

Cossick 5*

10/14/10

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The budget to support schools in California will

decrease up to 2.1 billion dollars.

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This means that there will be less money fo

school supplies.

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MostMiddle Georgia school systems will eliminate 28

teaching positions and 8 paraprofessionals in grades K-

3 to save 2.1 million dollarsLess teaching postions = More money saved

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With less teaching positions, more kids

will be assigned to a teacher &

classroom.Before Now

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Everyone is fed up with this BS.

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Increased  tuition 

California college tuition increased by 32%.

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Teachers are getting laid off so that the state could save money.

Last year, 26,000 teachers received pink slips.

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People are sick of the budget cuts and are fighting back by protesting.

For example:

Berkeleys walkout to protest the budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and increased fees. (right)

Thousands of protesters gathered on college campuses, in civic plazas and in the

streets on March 4th(forth). (left)

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What will happen in the future?

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ith tuition costs on the rise, less people

will be able to afford college.

The poor will not be able to

afford higher education.

Only the wealthy will be able

to afford it.

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ith less educated people, the budget crisis will most likely remain

unsolved and our country will still have this budget crisis.

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Is there any way of recovering from this budget crisis?

California is about to eliminate its entire $1 billion welfare-to-work program to close a

$19.9 billion deficit(deficiency in amount).

Arizona will cut about $1 million in Medicaid services to try and close a $3.1 billion

deficit.

Colorado will cut education funding by $400 each student this school year (2010-11).

Steps towards recovery:

But are these steps enough?

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The solution to our problems.

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California needs an experienced governor

One that actually knows what he/she is doing.

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Useless Spending

There are 2 million inmates in the US prison

system.

The government is spending 37 billion dollarsto keep these people in there.

The government needs to spend less on the

prison system and more on public education.

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Asking the wealthy for help.

-America is home to over 400 billionaires-They could use their money to do good by using it to improve public

education.

-Invest in the future (the children).

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