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3/4 of PA. School Districts Cutting Back on Instructional Programs Again This Year
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=483147Excerpt:
"Three-fourths of Pennsylvania's school districts plan to scale back instructional programs in the 2013-14 school year, according to a survey released Wednesday that forecasts a third straight year of retrenchment. The survey...also found:
•Nearly half of the districts expect to increase class sizes next year, a step taken by half of the districts this year and by 70 percent in 2011-12.
•Thirty percent plan to reduce elective courses in such subjects as foreign languages, music and physical education.
•About one-fifth plan to reduce or eliminate programs that provide tutoring or other help to struggling students."
