The number of school districts in deficit jumped to 41 in the 2008-2009 school year and the Ypsilanti Public Schools is among them, according to a report by the Detroit News.
In the 2007-2008 school year, 27 districts were operating under at a deficit, but with the dramatic cuts this year in state funding, the number jumped dramatically.
Fourteen districts when into a deficit for the first time, and 20 have deficits of more than $1 million.
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