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Spending per pupil to follow inflation

Legislators question funding formulas

By Sarah D. Wire

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 1:44 a.m.

The state needs to spend an additional $56.6 million to $78.4 million on public education just to keep up with the rate of inflation and provide an adequate education, lawmakers decided Monday.

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