Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Dan Nerad announced Friday the district will delay handing out possible layoff notices to teachers until mid-May.
The superintendent said delaying the letters will allow district officials more time to see what the state budget will look like.
Nerad said the time will allow them to look into where to make the cuts and possibly affect a lower amount of teachers.
""The board has been very concerned about the possibility of noticing employees for non-renewal as well as understanding the need to protect the district financial positive that that might have been needed under this particular bill,"" Nerad said. ""This is what we're facing.""
Nerad said they used collective bargaining to reach a decision on the date for issuing possible layoff notices.
Representatives from local teachers' union Madison Teachers Inc. were not present at the press conference.
Nerad also said an agreement has not been reached on how to make up the four days school was canceled because of teacher absences related to the protests at the Capitol.
