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New York State’s Education Department could shrink to a historically low number of staffers next year, Education Commissioner David Steiner said this weekend.

Speaking at the United Federation of Teachers’ conference on Saturday, Steiner said told an audience of teachers that Governor Paterson’s proposed budget cut would eliminate 5o to 60 staff members if it goes through the legislature unchanged.

“We haven’t had so few colleagues in living memory,” he said.

Those cuts would come at the same time the department takes on more responsibility. (more…)