The fate of the education jobs bill is still in the Senate’s hands, but one state is counting on those funds to make its budget balance and keep teachers on staff.

According to Fox12 Oregon, the board of Portland Publlic Schools accepted the superintendent Carole Smith’s latest budget. Smith’s budget relies on federal funding to reduce costs and save 64 teaching jobs.

Her budget allows principles to decide where to trim staff, as long as there is a part time physical education teacher for lower grades and the library is open half of the time, according to the news source.

Smith’s earlier budget planned to cut $11.6 million in school staff, including eliminating physical education in kindergarten through eighth grade and cutting 60 high school teaching jobs, reports the news source.

Officials are counting on funds from the Education Jobs Act, to provide funding to schools that can’t afford to keep their teachers.

The school board will once again vote on Smith’s budget after the federal bill has been voted on.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of teachers is expected to grow 13% between 2008 and 2018.