Decisions about cuts for 2011-12 remain months away. But with federal stimulus money slated to disappear and state leaders talking about tens of millions in likely rollbacks, CMS officials say they're starting early.
The cuts, they say, could reach $100 million, or 10 percent of the CMS budget.
Jo Ann Norris of the Raleigh-based Public School Forum of North Carolina will reinforce the gloomy forecast.