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Education Superintendent: Let Districts Cut on Own
posted 3:44 pm Tue October 14, 2008
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Columbia, S.C. - (AP) -- South Carolina Education Superintendent Jim Rex wants the Legislature to give local school districts flexibility to deal with budget cuts on their own, including adopting four-day school schedules.
Rex is planning to describe what's needed in a news conference Tuesday afternoon after days of meeting with district officials. Schools will shoulder the biggest chunk of budget cuts the Legislature is expected to debate in a budget-trimming expected as early as next week.
Most of the Education Department's $2.3 billion budget is sent to local districts. Rex spokesman Jim Foster said districts want freedom from following some state mandates including holding classes for 180 days. Foster says some are interested in four-day school weeks.
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