Loss of timber money forces California districts to make cuts

More than 100 teachers and administrators in rural California school districts have received layoff notices as their counties cope with the potential loss of about $70 million in federal funding. Plumas County (Calif.) stands to lose more than $2 million annually in federal timber money—about 8 percent of its annual budget. The money comes from timber-cutting receipts on federal land, but has been tied up in the politics over the Iraq war.

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