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School funds have a history of coming up short in area
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Education funding and teacher pay aren’t just recent controversies in Georgia’s history. Back in 1899, the legislature cut schools funding so severely, they had to close by March 1 of the school year. Worse, there wasn’t enough money to pay teachers for their work in January.