Claim: In our recent article "Sliming Palin," we addressed the pervasive rumor that Gov. Palin slashed funding for special needs education. She didn't. Instead, she increased funding. Here's more detail on how an increase got mistaken for a 62 percent decrease. The evidence that's been cited to support the false decrease claim: The special schools component of the education budget for fiscal year 2007, before Palin was governor, was $8.3 million. The special schools budget for 2008 was $3.2 million.
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Verdict: in our recent article "sliming palin," we addressed the pervasive rumor that gov. palin slashed funding for special needs education. she didn't. instead, she increased funding. here's more detail on how an increase got mistaken for a 62 percent decrease. the evidence that's been cited to support the false decrease claim: the special schools component of the education budget for fiscal year 2007, before palin was governor, was $8.3 million. the special schools budget for 2008 was $3.2 million.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2008-09-16T17:49:46