Associated Press March 6, 2011, 10:32AM
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry can't quit talking about jobs.He used the word 19 times in his recent state of the state address and has made it a top spending priority. But if Perry realizes his vision of a budget balanced through cuts alone, 100,000 teachers could lose their jobs.
That's about a third of the 333,000 teachers employed by Texas public schools.
"In a small town, the school is the largest employer," said Deborah Ottmers, assistant superintendent for business and finance at the Fredericksburg school district. These proposed cuts would be "a huge hit on the economy in any town."
Plans for layoffs are stirring panic from Houston to far West Texas. And while the Legislature has until May to write a budget, districts can't wait to see what happens. The pink slips have already started in places such as Austin, Round Rock and Dallas.
Perry, meanwhile, keeps talking about jobs. Just not teaching jobs.
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And, by the way, Fort Bend ISD is the largest employer in Fort Bend County.
ReplyDeleteSo is Plano ISD, San Benito ISD, Bryan, and dozens of others. All of Texas will be hit with job losses that will devastate local economies. But, hey, it's not Perry's fault or the fault of the Texas Congressmen, right? They just took the money away.
ReplyDeleteI've heard people say, "you have to cut from somewhere..." which is true. But to start with public services and public education is asinine and counter productive. Bill White would never have done anything like this. Most people voted for Perry again because Fox News said we had to stop spending.
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