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Montana Office of Public Instruction Chief Denise Juneau informs schools of budget cuts; Bouck: ‘We are looking at dire alternatives’

The state’s top public school official Tuesday informed schools statewide of the specific cuts they face in the next three months, totaling $9.4 million, because of House action killing a supplemental funding bill this week.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau sent the notice, outlining cuts totaling $3.6 million alone for the state’s seven largest school districts, including nearly $1 million for Billings, $521,000 for Missoula, $483,000 for Helena and $260,000 for Butte.

Cutting $1 million from a budget with only months left in the fiscal year would be a "nearly insurmountable task," School District 2 Superintendent Terry Bouck wrote in a letter to legislators Tuesday.

By MIKE DENNISON Gazette State Bureau

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/opi-chief-informs-schools-of-budget-cuts-bouck-we-are/article_bffb4285-25bd-5a3a-b9da-400cc860cc1c.html#ixzz3W3qXGVsS

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