TOPEKA — This week’s cutbacks announced by Gov. Mark Parkinson to cover a $260 million state budget gap, mean that unless legislators act otherwise, the Franklin County District Court will be closed one week at least four times next year. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Davis said that because of the larger than expected budget gap and because of a mistake by the Legislature, the governor will recommend less emergency money for the state court system in January when the legislative session starts. Davis said he may have to order courts to be closed even more next year as a result. He said a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting measures will also remain in effect. Parkinson has ordered steep cuts in state funding for schools, roads, state agencies, and elderly and poor people to cover the budget gap. Among those cuts, Parkinson will cut Medicaid reimbursement rates by 10 percent. That will affect doctors and hospitals that take Medicaid patients and the area agencies on aging. Other cuts include $1.3 million from developmental disability agencies, nearly $4 million from mental health grants, $275,000 from substance abuse grants, and $5 million to the Kansas Bioscience Authority, which is trying to create a corridor of high-tech companies and institutes dedicated to animal health. Parkinson said the cuts could have been worse but he will dip into economic stimulus funds that were intended for next year’s budget.