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States get $20 billion to help close budget gaps - eSchool News staff and wire service reports

School technology initiatives and other education programs are among the possible beneficiaries of $20 billion in state aid included in the $330 billion tax-cut legislation passed by Congress May 23. Though education lobbyists say the latest federal aid is “nothing to scoff at,” they note it doesn’t come close to filling an estimated $75 billion in state budget shortfalls projected for the 2004 fiscal year.

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