By Kelly O'Connell Reporter
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Department of Education is trying toAssociated Press
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Stumble It!hammer out how to slash up to $171 million from the state's K-12
budget.
The state school board is expected to take up the issue during
its monthly meeting Wednesday and Thursday. Gov. Sonny Perdue
announced the cuts Aug. 1 as part of a statewide strategy to deal
with an expected $1.6 billion shortfall this fiscal year.
Other state departments are being cut 6 percent. The state also
is withholding $428 million in homeowner tax cuts planned for this
year to make ends meet.
State officials have said tax revenues are down nearly 1 percent
for the fiscal year, which began July 1. That's after a year of
lagging revenues that forced Perdue to use $600 million in reserves
to make ends meets for last fiscal year.
