PORTLAND — The Board of Public Education will hold its first school budget hearing of the year at 7 tonight in the King Middle School cafeteria.

Parents, school employees and community members are invited to share their concerns and ask questions before the board begins crafting the budget for fiscal 2012, which starts July 1.

The district faces a $4 million reduction in federal funding in the coming school year as economic recovery money runs out.

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