The Jefferson County Board of Education will hear from its financial task force today, and may possibly act on its findings then or at another meeting the next day.

The task force was created by the board after it approved a sweeping round of cutbacks aimed to stop years of spending more than the system receives in tax revenues. Those cutbacks resulted in a net loss of more than 160 jobs across the system, most concentrated on school-office personnel and assistant principals.

Seven members comprise the task force — three who are heads of JefCoEd employee associations and unions such as the Alabama Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, and one member each appointed by four of the board of education members (all except President Dean Taylor). Mike Miles, the treasurer of Jefferson County government, was chosen as the chairman of the group.

The force was assigned the job of looking over the school system’s finances and finding additional ways to cut expenses, perhaps without resorting to large job cuts.

The board of education meets today at 11 a.m. in a special session, where they will hear the report. The board may then act on it then or on Thursday, when it meets at 10 a.m. That session is a special once-a-year meeting required by state law, in which the budget for the coming school year is discussed and public comment is sought. However, the board may also act on whatever other business it deems necessary during this meeting.

The board also meets on May 28 in its regular monthly session.