Oxford's Education Funding Cut by the State

OXFORD, CT — Oxford will have to come up with another $87,068 it hadn’t anticipated to help the state balance the 2017 budget.

Oxford was slated to receive $4.61 million education funding from the state for 2017. It is now being told in a letter it received last week it will receive $87,068 less – or $4.52 million.

In letter to municipal leaders, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Ben Barnes let municipal leaders know it was exercising its ability to cut $20 million in municipal aid and $30 million in funding for local construction projects.

Barnes said the cuts were necessary for the state to balance its books.

This is on top of earlier cuts made to municipal budgets earlier this year.

Originally Written By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

(Editor's Note: We first published this story earlier in the week and here it is again in case you missed it)