Schools Cutting Back

     PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A survey of South Dakota school districts
shows many have tapped reserve funds, frozen salaries and trimmed
spending to deal with a cut in state financial aid.
     Sen. Corey Brown of Gettysburg worked with legislative staff to
send a survey to school districts. He says about two-thirds of the
districts responded.
     Brown says 80 percent of those responding plan to use reserve
funds to get through the year and about 87 percent gave teachers no
pay raise. But Brown says few schools have had to cut programs.
     Wade Pogany of South Dakota Associated School
Boards says schools are using temporary fixes to get through the
budget crisis. But he says the long-term solution is stable,
increased state funding.
     State aid to schools was cut by 6.6 percent this year.