Delaware is bracing for spending reductions as the Friday deadline looms for dealing with the $85 billion in cuts from sequester in Washington D.C.
The First State could lose as much as $17.6 million in federal outlays across a variety of programs and agencies.
State officials say the biggest cuts would hit education with the loss of $4.1 million in federal funds.
Dan Curry, Superintendent for Lake Forest School District in Kent County, told the Wilmington News Journal that he expects the district to lay off teachers and increase class sizes.
The program Head Start for low-income children would lose $820-thousand.
