Legislative cuts delay final vote on Havre school budget

Actions in the legislative special session have delayed the Havre school board's vote on the school district's final budget.

"This will be the shortest final budget request I've ever made in my 19 years here," district clerk Ric Floren said at the board's meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The meeting was scheduled to continue at 12:15 p.m. Aug. 22, after the state Office of Public Instruction enters the effects of the Legislature's cuts to K-12 education spending into its computerized budgeting system.

An analysis released by state Superintendent of Schools Linda McColluch reports that funding for pu...