Minnesota's deficit is forcing school cuts - Star Tribune
February 15, 2010
Gregory A. Patterson, Star Tribune, February 11, 2010
Schools seek fixes now, fearing even less funding will be available next year.
East metro school districts from the Mississippi to the St. Croix are scrambling to plug holes in their budgets that many fear could be drained next year.
Already school districts in Forest Lake, North St. Paul and South St. Paul are considering layoffs and program cancellations. In addition to staffing changes, the proposed solutions include tapping into the reserve funds they've stored up over the years, called fund balances.
The St. Paul Public Schools have been working on ways to bridge a $28 million deficit for months. A similar gap last year led to layoffs of more than 200 people in the state's second-largest school district.
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