Originally published Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM
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Wash. gets $672M in education stimulus
The state is receiving $672 million in federal stimulus money that state officials say will help offset budget cuts in the K-12 education system.
The state is receiving $672 million in federal stimulus money that state officials say will help offset budget cuts in the K-12 education system.
Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Wednesday that the money was now available, and that the state would be able to apply for an additional $331 million in the fall.
Gregoire says the money will help reduce class sizes in grades K-4 and provide additional training for educators, among other things.
Higher education will also receive some of the stimulus money.
This year, to deal with a $9 billion deficit through 2011, lawmakers made cuts to education, including suspending more than half of the money under a voter-approved initiative to ensure smaller class sizes, and totally suspending another initiative for teacher cost-of-living raises.
Also Wednesday, the state received more than $68 million in stimulus money for water quality protection projects for wastewater treatment, non-point source pollution control and watershed and estuary management.
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