California lawmakers pass budget, set aside rainy day funds

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California lawmakers pass budget, set aside rainy day funds

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/california-lawmakers-pass-96-3-billion-budget-214222423.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rcYOQyRLd0Q4jpP2fMRhWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-14T214222Z_1_CBRE95D1OAR00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Los Angeles skyline and the San Gabriel Mountains are seen in this aerial photo" align="left" title="The Los Angeles skyline and the San Gabriel Mountains are seen in this aerial photo" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California lawmakers passed a $96.3 billion budget on Friday that would spend more on education, health care and other services while setting aside $1.1 billion from the first surplus in years for a rainy day fund. The spending plan makes changes to the way the state funds education, increasing the base amount spent on all students while funneling more money to districts with children who live in poverty or who do not speak fluent English. It also restores funds that had been cut from dental programs for the poor in the most populous U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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