State officials could not provide figures on how many panchayat members have faced dismissal since then, but several districts reported more than 100 cases each.
Many district hospitals reported difficulty in assigning tasks for their HWs due to staff shortages, particularly during night shifts.
Outcomes for African American students in large urban areas — where 10,000 or more black male students were enrolled — were also low in many districts, the report found.
However, both districts report being significantly understaffed, with many unfilled positions.
Many districts are making these changes despite the cost of specialists, who nearly double school leadership budgets (although most districts report this as an instructional cost, not administrative).
Laboratories reporting five or more resistant E. coli in years before 1998 mostly served major teaching hospitals, but many district general hospitals reported five or more resistant E. coli isolates in 1998 and 1999.
Many households were unwilling to comment on corruption in health services; 15% in the SM district and 26% in the NGO district reported having been asked for an unofficial payment.
Roadside resale of vegetables was reported in many districts.
In an e-mail message to school superintendents this month, Jean C. Stevens, an associate state education commissioner, pointed a finger at school districts, saying that while calculating graduation rates, the state had identified many districts with possible data-reporting problems.
The Times reports that "in many districts, teachers can now be investigated for vaguely worded charges like 'moral turpitude' or 'conduct unbecoming' that are often difficult to define and difficult to prosecute or defend against".
