School map plans to handle teacher pay cuts

As schools around Whitman County begin to see the state’s 1.9 percent cut in funds to pay teacher salaries, it falls to each district how to accommodate that loss of funding.

Many school districts issued reduction in force, or layoffs, in early May in anticipation of losing funding from the state education department.

Now that the state has issued the final budget, school districts can more accurately examine their own budgets in light of possibly bringing staff members back on the payroll.

Some districts will maintain teacher pay levels by tapping reserves and others will cut salaries.

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