Area schools brace for state funding cut

Whitman county schools are bracing for another difficult financial year after the state Sept. 16 signed into motion cuts of 6.23 percent across the board for most state departments.

Area superintendents met in Spokane that same day to learn about the impact those cuts will make to the state’s education budget.

Superintendents were also told federal funds could be coming down the pipeline which may possibly be available to backfill the cuts in state funding, according to Mike Dunn, superintendent of ESD 101 in Spokane.

For schools, the state is looking into making a 6.23 percent cut, which coul...