Four years of state budget crisis has hurt education at all levels. This report notes double-digit percentage declines in state funding for the three state universities from 2001 to 2004. It also notes similar declines for community colleges. In real terms, funding for K-12 education has also decreased and schools are being squeezed from several directions: across-the-board cuts, inadequate allowable growth, sluggish and negative growth in property valuations, and the phase out of the budget guarantee.

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