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California seizes the Compton schools
1993
Compton, California
The state lent Compton Unified 20 million dollars in 1993 and took the district's governing powers in exchange, installing an administrator over the elected board. It remains the only California district ever taken over for academic failure and insolvency at the same time, with debt near 20 million dollars and test scores at the bottom of the state. The district made its last loan payment in June 2001, having repaid about 23.5 million dollars with interest.
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