Several school districts in central Indiana are looking at using federal grant money to pay teachers a little more for the work they did during the pandemic.
Duluth Public Schools preliminary budget starting point is a $6.4 million deficit
Due to unknowns with the Legislature and the unknown of what enrollment will look like next year, Duluth Public Schools CFO Cathy Erickson said the current preliminary budget is calculated based on no increase in the formula, and the adjusted average daily membership (ADM) from March. 8:24 pm, May 12, 2021 ×
Duluth Public Schools’ starting point for the preliminary budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 is a $6.4 million deficit in the general fund.
District CFO Cathy Erickson said the preliminary budget is just the difference between expenses and revenues in the general fund compared to the current fiscal year. Though the district is expecting to receive two more rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding on top of the $2 million already allocated, the money has not been added into the preliminary budget yet, as there are a lot of unknowns of
The Bermudian Springs School Board unanimously adopted a preliminary budget for the 2021-22 school year that will require the district to dip into its reserves for a second year in a row.
The tentative budget calls for a 4.1 percent property tax increase, the maximum allowed by the Act I Index, but that percentage may be reduced or eliminated by the time the budget is finalized in June.
âKeep in mind itâs a preliminary budget. Whatever we establish, we cannot go up, we can only go down,â said Board President Michael Wool. âWeâve always adopted the index as the preliminary, but there have been a number of years we have not gone to the index.â
markp8 hours agoLast Updated: May 11, 2021
Starting next fall, the Charles City School District will go high-tech to better track which buses students are riding to and from school.
The School Board Monday night approved the purchase of 18 iPads with Traversa software at a cost of about $56,000 over two years. Director of Operations Jerry Mitchell says the district will utilize pandemic funds available through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) program to acquire the system sooner than expected.
Mitchell says the system will also automatically update student’s contact information anytime there’s a change to their Powerschool profile. It will also help bus drivers better navigate when traveling to destinations for school activities out of town. He says the initial cost covers the equipment, software and training, and in year three the school then just pays for the data plan.