The Hood River County School District budget committee passed the budget presented by staff for the 2017-18 school year.  District Superintendent Dan Goldman says they used an estimate of the state K-12 education funding number for the upcoming biennium of $8.02 billion dollars, and the budget includes $800,000 in program cuts and uses a little over $2 million dollars in reserve.  He says they will have less staff, cut back on book buying, reduce teacher training, and plan less maintenance and repair.  Goldman believes personnel reductions can be achieved through attrition.  The budget will go the district board for approval in June.