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Shorter Year For California Schools?

California Facing Budget Crisis

POSTED: 8:04 am PDT May 4, 2011
UPDATED: 1:51 pm PDT May 4, 2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento City Unified Superintendent Jonathan Raymond says he intends to hold the line on shortening the school year, callling the idea "a cop-out"

Raymond responded Wednesday to talk that the state's budget crisis may lead some districts to shorten the school year.

"We intend to tighten the schedule and make other adjustments," Raymond said, in order to keep the district's school year at 180 days.

Some authorities said the year could be shortened by 20 days, which is

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