Salem-Keizer will pull $14m from savings after state funding comes in low

The Salem-Keizer School District will have to dip deeper into its savings to cover the cost of running schools next year after officials learned they would not receive $14 million expected from the state.

That change is based largely on a state determination that local schools are serving fewer students in poverty, district leaders said. The surprising reduction almost guarantees district leaders will again have to make cuts next school year to balance the budget.