The proposed budget for schools for next year cuts state funding for salaries for teachers and classified staff by 4 percent, and for school administrators by 6.5 percent. It also saves another $10 million by cutting raises that certificated staff - teachers and administrators - otherwise would have gotten next year for attaining additional education or experience. Actual salaries vary and are set by local school boards. Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, noted that similar percentage cuts were actually applied to the school budget this year, but the cuts were "backfilled" with federal stimulus money, so they didn't have to take effect. "Unfortunately for us now, those stimulus dollars are gone," Cameron said.

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