ALL public schools are dealing, to some degree, with these cuts. The specific bill which was passed out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee is SB 23 amended; it is scheduled to be debated tomorrow; when the vote will be held and how many votes there will be is unknown. The House is also working on their own version, so if both are passed there will have to a conf. committee to work out differences, etc. and the Governor still has to sign a bill into law; no doubt the final product will not be veto-proof. This is far from being a done deal, though the time left to cut large amounts of money from the budget for this school year is quickly disappearing.
Here is what I know: There are going to be cuts, they are going to hurt and all signs are pointing to 2009-10 being an even worse funding year.
That said, cutting all winter sports sounds a little suspect; does that mean spring sports will go on as planned? ;-)
Greg Mann
Norton