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“It was the least they could do, and they still chose not to do it.” – Texas AFT President Linda Bridges, on conference committee rejection of a state budget amendment to dedicate any two-year increases in the Rainy Day Fund to covering costs associated with public school enrollment growth
This article appears in July 1 • 2011.
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