Maybe we could use those cell phone fees for pre-k

Posted on February 4th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

MySA.com: Legislative efforts on pre-K far apart
While the rest of the nation is investing more money in early childhood education than ever before, Texas lawmakers are starting their discussion with a proposal to decrease funding for pre-kindergarten programs by $20 million.One lawmaker, however, is using a brick-by-brick strategy to provide pre-kindergarten for as many […]

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Counting the Cost-another example

Posted on February 4th, 2007 by TechDigger

Another reason why San Antonio’s per capita charitable contribution is so low. This is from Sunday’s letters to the Editor in the Express-News.
MySA.com: Letters to the Editor
Nobody I know believes all districts are contributing equally. However, given the data Cibrian has furnished, it is apparent that there is a tremendous imbalance among the tax payments […]

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