SALEM TOWNSHIP — The SAD 58 school district must deal with a $38,000 budget cut and expects to face more.

In late 2012, Gov. Paul LePage announced budget cuts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to cope with state revenue shortfalls. About $13 million of those cuts affect Maine schools, including SAD 58. Superintendent Brenda Stevens described the process of curtailments that could withhold another $50,000 to $70,000 from the district’s share of state aid to education.

The initial curtailment of $38,000 applies only to the current fiscal year, she said. “This is in effect until June 30, 2013.”

The district can expect the curtailed amount to be repaid over time. The last budget curtailment was repaid over 10 years.

The recent curtailment required the district to take immediate action, Stevens said.

“It’s difficult on teachers, but people are being creative,” she said. “We’re going to have to do more with less.”

The district will not increase local taxes but will reduce spending, she said. “We have taken a look at overtime, field trips and the number of substitute teachers we have.”

She has frozen supply accounts and has suggested that the board consider adding a curtailment line to future budgets to prepare for such emergencies.

LePage’s overall curtailment order includes a reduction of $12.58 million to General Purpose Aid to Education for local schools in the current fiscal year, according to a recent report from Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen.