If the school districts have to implement the cut, hundreds of teachers could be laid off, students might not get new textbooks and after-school programs could be scaled back.
State Office of Management and Budget Director Jennifer "JJ" Davis has also asked state agency directors, colleges and universities and Cabinet secretaries to identify 8 percent cuts. Declining revenues are the reason for the budget tightening.
Davis says the General Assembly has to find $250 million to cut from the entire state budget - one-third of which belongs to public education.
Information from: The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal, http://www.delawareonline.com
