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Article: SCHOOL FUNDS SUFFER IN STATE BUDGET PINCH

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February 26, 1988
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Struggling to balance the state budget, the Dukakis administration is pulling back on plans to help communities with new schools and additions, even though some have agreed to raise taxes and have put projects out to bid already.

A bill signed by Gov. Dukakis last month authorized $21 million for fiscal 1989, beginning July 1, to subsidize up to 90 percent of the cost of new schools or additions and renovations. But the governor's budget has recommended only $10 million for the same period, and Frank T. Keefe, secretary of administration and finance, and the Board of Education have decided for now not to

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