As Texas schools whittle their budgets in response to the state’s multibillion dollar education cuts, they are eyeing every expenditure, from athletics to busing and even field trips.

Museums, symphonies and other cultural institutions, already suffering from the economic downturn, may be an unexpected casualty of state education budget cuts, said Bruce Esterline, vice president for grants of the Meadows Foundation. His organization, which supports philanthropic efforts statewide in areas like education and health, has seen an increase in the number of grant proposals from cultural arts groups that cited reduced revenue from school activities this year.

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