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The reduced and free lunch will continue to be offered to students in need. Steigerwald said the lunch program will be evaluated again in the middle of the year to make sure it is running in the black. This all comes as the board is struggling to balance the budget. Board members approved a plan last Monday to dip into the fund balance in order to balance the 2008-09 budget as required by law. Business Manager Janet Stimson presented the proposed budget, which is based on a levy of 16.3205 mills on non-homestead/non-qualified agriculture property. Projected revenues for 2008-09 are roughly $8.4 million versus projected expenditures of just under $9 million, requiring the board to dip into the fund balance. The anticipated fund balance next June will be of $958,279. "We can't continue to do that," Steigerwald said of the plan to dip into the fund equity. Price increases are as follows:
Steigerwald said the situation has been difficult, but it one that school districts across the state are facing. He said districts are required to present a balanced budget for the coming year by July 1, and have to do so with estimated enrollment figures and state revenues. Enrollment figures can't be nailed down until students are in school in September. Steigerwald said typically districts don't know their state aid funding until October. Another major issue is the increasing costs associated with bus fuel and utilities. "We are definitely budgeting a lot more this year for transportation. It's gone up tremendously this year," Steigerwald said. As tough as Brown City schools' budget problems are, Steigerwald knows that are plenty of districts around the state in far worse situations. |
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