Dropouts could cost Fresno $555 million
School dropouts two years ago could cost Fresno nearly $555 million in economic losses over their lifetimes -- from higher unemployment to crime, according to a report released Thursday.
Nineteen low-performing Fresno schools will lose close to $16 million -- money already accounted for in this year's budget -- if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger allows nearly $400 million in Quality Education Investment Act funds to be cut, Fresno Unified School District officials said Thursday.