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School Districts Statewide Cut 25,000 Positions After Budget Cuts

(Ericka Mellon/Houston Chronicle) Visit public schools across Texas, and you’ll see more students packed into classrooms. You’ll see fewer of just about everyone else – teachers, librarians, counselors, janitors. New data from the Texas Education Agency illustrate what school officials have decried for months: Their staffs are stretched thin following the unprecedented state budget cuts …

School Districts Statewide Cut 25,000 Positions After Budget Cuts”