AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Yesterday Amarillo I.S.D. held a meeting to discuss just how they plan to deal with those cuts.
It is preparing for the worst case scenario, which would mean a more than $10,000,000 budget cut.
But it hopes, however, it will be much less than that at $3,000,000.
But how are they planning to manage this crisis?
"Our priority process calls for us to make all the cuts we can that are non personel first," said Rod Schroder, A.I.S.D. Superintendant.
Meaning, AISD won't fire teachers so it's are going to have to look elsewhere with their cuts.
"For example if we have to cut some of the services that the community provides to us, and you saw a list of those services, these kids will not be able to access those services unless somebody else steps up and provides that kind of money."
In order to show its displeasure with the way things have gone state wide, the board of trustees approved a resolution encouraging the legislature to take the steps necessary to provide a fair and equitable system for school finance.
"The legislature has been fighting with this for many many years and it seems that its one bandaid after another rather than going to the root of the problem," said John Blanchard, A.I.S.D. Board Member.
Blanchard went on to say that as a school they want the legislature to step up and provide a funding mechanism that won't last just a year or two but will provide funding for the future.
Unlike Canyon I.S.D. the Amarillo I.S.D. is on a hiring freeze, but Schroder says it's prepared for these cuts by budgeting conservatively.
