Gov. Bob Riley’s announcement, Monday, of a 12.5 percent proration could leave area school systems with some tough decisions to make in the near future.

The amount of proration, the process of cutting spending when revenues fall short of expectations, could be lessened by use of some of the state’s education Rainy Day Fund, however, $218 million, or approximately half of the allotted money would still leave 9 percent left to cut from fiscal year 2009 education budgets.