Montgomery County officials are counting on the state legislature and school board to save them from more than $50 million in additional cuts to the fiscal 2011 education budget.

County Executive Ike Leggett’s budget proposal cuts nearly $138 million from the school system’s request to the county. But friendly moves from state lawmakers would make it more likely that about $53 million comes back to the county, so the final cuts would be less than Leggett proposes.