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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Proposed budget cuts that would
put off $318 million in public school book pur
chases are causing a furor among educators and
the publishing industry, which has a huge stake in
the Texas textbook market.
“This is a mess. It’s not a ’no big deal, times are
tough, one minor shift in money and
it will all work out.’ It is a big series
of important issues,” said Joe Bill
Watkins, a lobbyist for the trade
group American Association of
Publishers.
“I thought education was our top
priority. We’ve dropped to a 60 per
cent cut in instructional materials
and it’s our No. 1 priority?” he said.
The Texas Education Agency
initially requested $652 million for
new textbooks in the next state
budget, more than half of that for
textbooks already designed and
printed by publishers who are
It’s a ‘no big deal,
times are tough,
one minor shift in
money and it will all
budget that begins Sept. 1.
Publishers invest millions of dollars in Texas
because texts adopted in the state of 4.1 million
schoolchildren are marketed in dozens of states.
Education Commissioner Felipe Alanis has
testified before lawmakers that putting off buying
the books isn’t ideal, but won’t hurt children
expected to pass the Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills.
Educators disagree.
“We are also totally desperate
for the new social studies text
books,” said Ennis teacher Sharon
Tolar. “Our present text is outdated
and not aligned with compliance to
the state standards.”
Several members of the State
Board of Education, which adopts
textbooks, say lawmakers should
n’t go through with the cuts
because the state has already made
a committment to publishers to buy
social studies and other books.
The board is scheduled to debate
the issue at its Thursday meeting.
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across state government, including slashing
money for new books in the proposed 2004-05
are expected to prepare students for tougher tests
were expecting new social studies books this year,
said board member Patricia Hardy of Weatherford.
“At the last minute they get the rug pulled out
from underneath them,” she said.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)
— The 89-year-old woman and
her 71-year-old daughter found
slain in their Fort Worth home
this week were familiar faces in
their neighborhood.
“It’s just a shock, especially
to happen to these two,” said
neighbor Bob Greer, 54.
“They’re just kind of the lord
over the neighborhood. They’re
the senior residents; they’re the
authority over gardening. If any
one had a question on how to
plant something, they were the
ones to ask.”
Crime scene tape still circled
their manicured lawn on
Wednesday afternoon as neigh
bors said that on such a sunny,
nice day Patricia “Pat” Syren
and her mother, Pearl “R.D.”
Magouirk, would have been sit
ting out on their front porch.
Billy Crutsinger, 48, was
arrested Wednesday morning at
a Galveston bar based on infor
mation that Fort Worth police
provided on Crutsinger’s use of
Syren’s stolen credit card.
Crutsinger was booked into
the Galveston Jail on $500,000
bond following his arraignment
on a charge of credit card abuse,
but Fort Worth police said they
planned to obtain an arrest war
rant accusing Crutsinger of cap
ital murder.
Fort Worth homicide detec
tive J.D. Thornton said investi
gators think the women were
killed Sunday, two days before
Syren’s goddaughter stopped by
the house Tuesday night to
check on the women’s welfare.
The women unlocked the
front door, but stopped and alert
ed neighbors and police after
finding blood in the entryway.
Greer said he walked into the
home and discovered the
women’s bodies, the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram reported Thursday.
Police were awaiting autop
sies, but said the women
appeared to have been stabbed
multiple times.
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