Cuts aid to schools by about $900 million, or 9%, and reduces how much schools can collect from property taxes per student. CITE BB

Eliminates the requirement that schools be open 180 days a year. Schools could meet for fewer, but longer, days as long as the same minimum number of classroom hours were retained. CITE BB

Eliminates or cuts programs to students with particular service needs. Cuts to public education include state grants that would provide alternative education for struggling students ($4.5 million), alcohol and drug treatment programs ($8.7 million), bilingual-bicultural education (10% cut) and 4-year-old kindergarten (10% cut).

Spends $1.2 million for an initiative to develop a third-grade reading test. The funds would be designated for the Department of Administration instead of the ***