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Cleveland voters' rejection of a tax levy--the second such vote in six months--will force school administrators to cut into their classroom funds, officials said.

The district has pared $84 million over the past two fiscal years, said William E. Aldridge, the district's treasurer. But the latest round of cuts, an estimated $16 million, will be the first to affect funds that go directly to the classroom.

"We've stayed away from the classroom so far," he said. "But there's not much left for us to do but...