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March 17, 2011

Title: Who should be laid-off first: teachers, administrators, or support staff?
Topic: Cost of Public Education

Discussed by James Golsan
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

While no one should be completely immune from budget reductions in this tough fiscal cycle, teachers should certainly not be the first cuts. California has 1.6 million more K-12 students than Texas, but Texas has almost twice as many school district administrators and 40 percent more ‘other support services staff’. Maybe Texas should consider reducing the number of administrators and ‘other support services staff’ before teachers. [Request from the host, Terry Lowry: Please send us your ideas on ways to reduce the cost of public education – use our contract link.]

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