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Recession, Swine Flu Cloud US Back-To-School

by Sreeraman on August 31, 2009 at 12:27 PM General Health News

Children head back to school in the United States in the coming days facing concerns over the threat of swine flu and as tough economic times force teachers and families to count their pennies.

Recession, Swine Flu Cloud US Back-To-School

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"There is no question that the recession has hit states budgets very hard and local budgets," making tough decisions on where to cut spending are necessary, said Russ Whitehurst, a Brookings Institute education expert.

"It will be a challenging time for school administrators planning for something like a flu epidemic. It doesn't take a lot of financial resources, but it does take time. And that's time we don't spend on academic planning," said Whitehurst, former director of the Institute of Education Sciences inside the US Department of Education.

To make up for the sharp decline in state tax revenues due to the recession, the administration of President Barack Obama included 100 billion dollars for education as part of the economic recovery package.

But that did not stop some states from having to cut back their education budgets including New York and California, which is grappling with an historic deficit.

"Larger class sizes, canceled summer school, a shorter school year, and no new textbooks are just a few of the painful results," said California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

"It's not uniform," noted Whitehurst. "In most states we are not dealing with cuts but rather the school's districts are having to work with the same budget or close to it."

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