The so-called “fiscal cliff” looming at year’s end could translate into more than a half-million dollars in cuts to the Bulloch County Schools’ 2013-14 budget. If lawmakers in Washington fail to address a series of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts and tax increases set to take effect in January — a troubling scenario according to many economists — the local system will follow through on a state Department of Education mandate to cut at least 9 percent of federal funds for low-income students support and disabilities programs next year. The move would trim about $545,000 of $6.1 million in federal dollars given to the Bulloch County School System, according to Superintendent Charles Wilson.