Checking a Claim About Teacher Cuts
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro blames Republicans for teacher cutbacks. Photo by the Texas TribuneAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
In his keynote speech June 8 at the Texas Democratic Party Convention, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro blamed the governor of Texas for 12,000 teachers going jobless.
Nathan Bernier talks with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas about what’s happening in the school districts.
A consultant to the mayor offered as backup for this claim a news report which said, indeed, “more than 12,000 teachers and support staff have been laid off.” We found out, though, that that was based on a consultant’s projection of how many more positions districts would have had if the funding formula had not changed.
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