Ballooning costs and shrinking student populations have left districts facing financial crises, but political pressures have kept closures off the table.
Inflation and expiring funds push public education into financial chaos.
State government officials deploy scare tactics against families of special needs students seeking alternatives.
Schools were already staffed at record levels even before COVID-19, when enrollment fell by nearly 1.3 million students.
Stricter regulation of homeschooling families will just lead to harassment from government.
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