Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 82 budget shortfall 73 shortfalls 69 shortfall 68 budget deficits 61 declining enrollment 59 budget 59 budgets 59 biennium 57 cutbacks 55 furloughs 54 budgetary 54 deficits 53 belt tightening 53 layoffs 51 cuts 49 deficit 49 midyear 49 overspending 48 economic downturn 47 funding 46 appropriations 45 hiring freeze 45 expenditures 44 Legislature 44 inequities 44 unfunded 43 cash strapped 43 Medicaid 43 furlough 43 taxes 43 fiscal 43 cost overruns 42 recession 42 fiscally responsible 42 crunch 42 layoff notices 42 surpluses 42 financially strapped 42 appropriation 42 overcrowding 42 budgeting 41 red ink 41 underfunded 41 wasteful spending 41 Layoffs 41 downturn 41 spending 41 reductions 40 crises 40 shortages 40 chopping block 40 skyrocketing 40 dropout rate 40 nonprofits 40 taxpayers 39 economic downturns 39 Legislators 39 tuition 39 legislators 39 borrowing 39 joblessness 39 finances 39 furloughed 38 Great Recession 38 housing slump 38 NCLB 38 stimulus 38 lawmakers 38 legislatures 38 outlays 38 dropout rates 38 surplus 38 retirements 38 superintendents 38 budgeted 38 woes 38 crisis 37 legislative session 37 millage 37 gaps 37 School Boards 37 governments 37 pink slips 37 fiscally 37 endowments 37 taxpayer dollars 37 coffers 36 IOUs 36 shortage 36 discretionary spending 36 costs 36 mismanagement 36 lay offs 36 challenges 36 hikes 36 ballooning 36 enrollments 36 inequity 36 unspent 36 Budget 36 shrinking