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Measure''s failure means $310 million in cuts.

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Byline: The Register-Guard

Here's a summary of the $310 million in state program reductions scheduled to take effect with Measure 28's failure. The cuts represent savings for the final five months of the 2001-03 spending cycle. They are expected to continue - at a much greater level of savings - throughout the 2003-05 budget cycle. The specific reductions listed represent most but not all of the planned cuts.

EDUCATION: $147 MILLION

K-12 schools and Department of Education: $109.3 million

State School Fund: $95 million. Reductions handled by school boards. Reductions could mean staff layoffs, shortened school years and larger classes.

Early intervention: $3.1 million. Cuts federally mandated services to infants and other preschoolers with disabilities.

Prekindergarten education: $2.1 million. Cuts 785 children from eligibility.

Assessment program: $1.4 million. Less testing assistance to local schools.

Regional programs: $1.2 million. Cuts programs to help students with autism, orthopedic impairment and other disabilities.

Special education: $661,408. Cuts educational support for students whose disabilities or health require residential treatment by $1,200 per student.

Blind and deaf state schools: $606,000. Reduces enrollment, requiring an undetermined number of students to attend classes in their local school districts.

Improvement initiatives: $168,000. Eliminates remaining state aid to help high schools meet academic improvement standards.

Community colleges, workforce development: $14.3 million

Reduce state support to community colleges: $14.3 million. Cuts decided by each college board. Likely impacts include fewer classes, increased tuition and fees, some faculty and staff layoffs.

Student assistance commission: $1.36 million

Reduce college financial aid: $1.2 million. Cut would either reduce...

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