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The looming DHHS shortfall, estimated at $120 million through June 30, is still no reason to threaten closing schools, argued state Democrats.
“To use schoolchildren as some sort of weapon in negotiations is just shocking to me,†Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, said Friday. “It’s just unconscionable.â€
Even Sen. Kevin Raye, R-Perry, the Senate president, referred to the idea of cutting state funding to education and closing schools May 1 as a “doomsday scenario.â€
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