Locally, Sequestration Could Hit Special Needs Programs Hardest
Local school officials keeping an eye on developments.
The Hillsborough school district faces the deadline to submit the 2013-14 budget to the county next week with uncertainty as to whether $85 billion in federal "sequestration" spending cuts will be stopped by Congress before Friday. And while districts will learn their state aid figures this week after Gov. Chris Christie delivers his fiscal year 2014 budget address Tuesday afternoon, the Friday deadline for avoiding some impacts of sequestration is also weighing on budget plans. "Obviously, we can use every penny from the federal government we can get, so it is on the radar," Hillsborough Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud said Monday. He noted the district doesn't receive a lot of federal aid—about $1.8 million in the district's $130 …
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Fred Garvin
4:46 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Compromise means that congress must cave to the president's demands. He will never compromise as he is on a path to bankrupting this country. more ›