Laramie County School District #1 Superintendent John Lyttle says the district will be able to handle a cut in state funding that came out of the 2016 legislature.

Lyttle says the local district will lose just under $3 million in state money over the next two years because of the $36 million statewide funding cut.

Lyttle says part of that cut will be offset by the fact enrollment in the district is still growing, and districts are compensated for enrollment increases and lose money when enrollment goes down.

He also says some employees who leave the district won't be replaced, and in general the district will be "a little tighter on staffing."  But he says overall the funding cuts won't hurt the district that much.

Lyttle says many district across the state, especially smaller districts, will be hit much harder. Lyttle says one example can be found in Sinclair, where a school that has existed for 85 years will have to close.

But in general Lyttle thinks state lawmakers did the best they could under difficult circumstances considering the declining revenues they faced because of slumping energy prices

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