State restores funds to fire-closed schools
From a Times Staff Writer
More than $2.7 million will be distributed to 51 Southern California school districts that lost state funding because of the devastating wildfires of 2003, state Supt. Jack O’Connell announced Wednesday.
The funding will be given to districts in San Diego, San Bernardino and Ventura counties that suffered financial losses because they were forced to close by the fires, which destroyed more than 3,600 homes and killed 25 people.
State funding for most California schools is based on daily student attendance.
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