Topeka ? Deliberations started Wednesday morning in the Kansas Senate on a budget that would cut the state budget by $300 million, including deeper cuts to education, social services and public safety than called for by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Sebelius already has said if the proposal winds up on her desk, she will veto it.

Lawmakers face a $186 million budget deficit for the current fiscal year.

Sebelius, a Democrat, says her plan of targeted budget cuts and fund transfers are more appropriate than what Republican leaders want: Deeper reductions, including a 3.4 percent across the board cut.

State Sen. Jay Emler, R-Lindsborg, introduced the proposal saying, “This should put the state in a stronger fiscal position to address even larger problems that we face in fiscal year 2010.”

Kansas Families for Education passed out packets of copied e-mails from parents, teachers and students urging lawmakers to reject the deeper cuts to public schools.

Among the e-mails, Derek Martin said, “I urge the Legislature to take the time to do this valuable work with a scalpel and not a chainsaw.”

Lovina Wolgamott of Pittsburg said she was a paraprofessional at an elementary school and her husband was a high school teacher. “We are seeing the effects from the economy is having on our students. Schools are sending home food on weekends because of concern. Please consider other options than cutting more funding,” she said.

Beth Rowe of Overland Park said cutting school funding “is the worst thing you can for the economy, both long term and short term.”

Missy Taylor of Roeland Park urged lawmakers to reject the across-the-board cut to education, saying, “Kansans are just like any family. We are willing to sacrifice just about anything for our children’s future.”