Quick Reminder on the $timulu$

I think that folks who were concerned about school budgets across the state felt considerable relief when the stimulus package passed. It has allowed the $27 million cut from General Purpose Aid to Education in Maine to be restored. It will provide millions in federal aid next year and the year after that. And then it is gone.

We need to be very careful not to depend on this money because it is going to end. If we don't, we'll simply be postponing the pain until 2012. True, the Maya say that time will end that year, but if they are wrong and schools need to open in 2013, we'll be sorry if we haven't budgeted wisely in the prior years.