ON Saturday June 6th 2011 more than 200 school teachers protested again cuts in school funding in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol. They chanted "we will vote you out" Monday to pressure lawmakers to reject proposals to slash state funding obligations to school districts. The teachers led by the American Federation of Teachers have become mostly resigned to the Republican-controlled Legislature passing the funding cuts in the special session. Now, they're aiming their ire on GOP legislative candidates in next year's elections. The Senate passed the cuts Friday, and the full Texas House is expected to take them up early this week. The bill is necessary to balance the state budget, but Democrats have fought the cuts while lawmakers have nearly $10 billion in state reserve funds available to them. To learn more visti: http://www.savetxschools.org Produced for Austin Indymedia by Jeff Zavala. A ZGraphix production.http://zgraphix.orghttp://austin.indymedia.org
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