It's no surprise. At least - it shouldn't be a surprise. While George W. Bush cuts taxes at the federal level, basically all the states are having to raise taxes, make service cuts, close schools, and come up with other creative ways of raising funds - often for Federal mandates that lack accompanying financial aid.
From Daily Kos comes this link covering tax and fee changes, state by state.
Locally, I'm still trying to fathom the logic of "we need to make smaller classes for more individual time with teachers" with "we must close certain schools". Maybe the smaller class sizes campaign promise really means smaller sizes of class rooms as more students are squeezed in to fewer buildings?