Here in California they are certainly not throwing cash at the issue: Here is how it looks "Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke about the courage needed by the Legislature to make the difficult decisions necessary to close California's massive budget shortfall, pegged at $24.3 billion right now.The Governor has proposed $1.3 billion in cuts to this current school year and another $4 billion in cuts for the next school year. If these cuts are approved in their entirety, they would add to the nearly $12 billion in cuts schools were already forced to sustain with the budget agreement that came about in February."Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr09/yr09rel86.asp