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Superintendent warns special session could bring deep cuts; board hears concerns about proposed AI law
Summary
Superintendent Wendy Berhanzl told the Harrison School District No. 2 board on Aug. 21 that a state special session called to close a large budget gap could result in cuts and that proposed AI legislation raises liability concerns for districts.
Superintendent Wendy Berhanzl told the Harrison School District No. 2 Board of Education on Aug. 21 that a state special legislative session was called to address what she described as "an $808,100,000,000 gap in the state budget," and she urged the board to watch two state bills related to artificial intelligence.
Berhanzl said the special session would consider proposals that shift decisions about cuts to the governor and the Joint Budget Committee and that the shifts would be a substantial change to checks and balances. "We are fiercely pushing back on that," she said, adding that lawmakers were talking about tapping reserves, trimming programs and changing some tax deductions but that…
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