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SCHOOL administration; UNIVERSITY & college administration; PETROLEUM product sales & prices; RESEARCH & development

This section presents news briefs on school and university administration in the U.S., as of December 2005. More than 56 percent say they have taken steps to reduce the use of fuel in their school systems. Although it struck down the way tax revenue is collected in Texas, the high court did find that overall state spending on public education is adequate. Colleges and universities spent about $40.1 billion on research and development for science and engineering in fiscal 2003, according to the National Science Foundation.