{"id":313,"date":"2012-09-06T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T13:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2013-02-06T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:23:30","slug":"nations-school-districts-to-lose-hundreds-of-millions-if-lawmakers-go-ryans-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/nations-school-districts-to-lose-hundreds-of-millions-if-lawmakers-go-ryans-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation’s School Districts to Lose hundreds of millions if lawmakers go Ryan’s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Kyle Stokes<\/a>
\nStateImpact.npr.org
\nSeptember 5, 2012
\nclick here for original article<\/a><\/p>\n

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney\u2019s\u00a0selection of U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his running mate has spurred a lot of discussion<\/a> about what the federal budget might look like if the Republicans were to take back the White House and U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

Since Ryan\u2019s proposed budget called for deep cuts in spending<\/a> \u2014 including a 20 percent cut on \u201cdiscretionary\u201d programs (that includes education) \u2014\u00a0Ed Money Watch\u00a0<\/em>has run some numbers<\/a> on how much a 20 percent cut in federal schools funding would affect revenues in the nation\u2019s school districts.<\/p>\n

If cuts like those called for in the Ryan plan were to pass,\u00a0Indiana districts would lose a grand total of $280 million in federal revenues.\u00a0But no single Indiana district would lose more than 6 percent of their total revenues.<\/p>\n

In terms of total dollars lost,\u00a0Indiana\u2019s urban districts would hurt the most from the cuts:<\/p>\n