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State: LI schools could take hit as stimulus runs out
Photo credit: John Dunn | At Tamarac Elementary School in Holtsville, fifth grade students Lexi Calabrese, 10, left, Kelly McKezeny, 10, Jillian Lamia, 10, and Kaitlyn Mahony, 10, work on their knitting. (Dec. 15, 2009)
A new state report warns that many school districts on Long Island and elsewhere may be headed for a financial cliff two years hence, when federal stimulus money is due to stop flowing.
But yesterday's advisory from Albany drew amused snorts of derision from local educators, who note the state has been discouraging school districts from building up the sort of cash reserves that could protect...
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