Superintendent Doug White says the school district can handle state aid reductions without cuts to staff or programming, but the tri-town will need to pick up part of the tab.

White said the minimum contribution required from each town would need to be increased.

The new assessment for the towns is not available.  Mattapoisett Town Administrator Mike Gagne said he would have more information after he meets with White next week. Marion Town Administrator Paul Dawson has not yet returned a request for comment. Rochester Town Administrator Richard LaCamera is on vacation.

In June, White prepared three school different budgets to address competing state aid proposals. Gov. Deval Patrick, the State House of Representatives, and the State Senate offered different figures for school aid.

White, acting on advice from the Department of Education, tailored his budget around the governor’s aid estimate of approximately $3.3 million. The House’s estimate was $2.8 million; the Senate proposed $3 million.

Uncertainty on which number would be approved prompted administrators to create contingency plans that included possible staff cuts and transferring money from the “excess and deficiency” account, which has extra revenue generated year-to-year. The worst-case scenario would have led to six staff cuts.

White said no “substantial” cuts would take place due to a fund transfer from the excess and deficiency account, additional school choice students, and the increased municipal contribution from the tri-town.

School administrators are drafting a budget in response to the state’s fiscal year 2014 figures, White said. A presentation on the new numbers will take place in September.