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Ellen, the board's OSBA legislative liaison, told the board the Ohio House voted to discontinue the Fair School Funding Plan and that the House budget proposal would require school districts to refund property-tax revenue if a district's carryover exceeds roughly 30% of the previous fiscal year's general-fund expenditures. Ellen said the Senate will now negotiate the final budget.

The district's treasurer, Craig, told trustees the district is about $304,000 below its projected real-estate tax receipts for the year. Craig said collection rates that have generally run about 97%–98% in the district may have dropped to roughly the mid-90s this year, and staff are checking with county collection offices.

\"We're about 304 hundred thousand dollars less than what we had projected to collect in real estate revenue,\" Craig said during the presentation. He showed a cash-balance chart that starts the year near $26.8 million and warned that if the state's proposed carryover threshold becomes law it would lower the district's starting cash and could reduce the number of days of cash on hand in some months.

Board members and district leaders said that forcing districts to spend down carryover or to refund money to taxpayers could shorten the effective life of operating levies and push districts back onto the ballot more frequently. Board members urged the public to watch the Senate process and contact state legislators.

The board also discussed that the district earned substantial interest and investment income in recent years (Craig said the district earned about $1.4 million in interest in the prior year) and that those earnings help lengthen levy cycles. Several trustees said state proposals that would lower allowable carryover would reduce the district's ability to invest and earn that income.

Why this matters: The combination of a legislative change that would penalize higher carryover and a drop in real-estate tax collections could create cash-flow pressure in January (the district's typical low point) and affect decisions about the timing and size of future levy requests.

What's next: Officials said they will continue analytic work with county offices, publish the board's five-year forecast at the next meeting and monitor the Senate's budget negotiations. Trustees asked staff to return with updated projection scenarios if county collection data confirm a durable decline.

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Committee members said the new access drive would come up the hill from the old Hilton site and connect into the existing campus road network. The committee's preliminary timeline aims to complete the work by the end of the 2025 calendar year; leaders clarified that target is a calendar-year goal rather than the school-year schedule.

The committee also reviewed draft budget elements and a list of other permanent-improvement needs, including routine maintenance, vehicle replacement and facility upgrades. Trustees and staff encouraged the public to view a special meeting recording posted on the district website for a detailed review of the master-plan materials and preliminary costings.

Why this matters: The new entrance is intended to reduce pre- and post-school traffic backups on Mill Road. Officials said the project is one of several long-term priorities and that preliminary numbers remain drafts subject to further review.

What's next: The district posted part of the planning presentation on the district website and will continue to refine cost estimates and phasing; interested residents were invited to view the earlier special meeting for full details.

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Highlights (votes and key details):

- Emergency adoption of board policy 2111 (parent and family involvement) at a single meeting, pursuant to board bylaw 0131 — passed 5-0. Superintendent Jeff said the policy change was necessary so he could certify compliance required by federal Title VI-related requirements and avoid jeopardizing federal funding or his license.

- Administrative guideline and form revisions tied to the policy update — passed 5-0.

- Final-reading adoption of a package of revised board policies (routine updates and definition clarifications) — passed 5-0.

- High-school textbook adoptions for two courses (AP Human Geography and American history) after a public review period — passed 5-0. Officials said the materials were publicly available for more than 30 days and curriculum frameworks are being posted on the district website.

- Approvals for travel: the high-school robotics team (37 students) to the world championships in Dallas and a middle-school robotics trip — both passed 5-0. Board members emphasized parent support and fundraising for the trips.

- A set of pupil-transportation and special-education agreements (multiple providers/agreements for 2024-25 and a suburban transportation agreement for 2025-26) — approved 5-0.

- Tax-rate resolution for the coming year (annual certification) — passed 5-0.

- Joinder resolution to join the Vouchers for Ohio lawsuit — passed 4-1. Four trustees voted to join; one trustee voted no. The trustee who opposed said he preferred focusing on outreach to state representatives rather than litigation.

- Approval to dispose of surplus assets via public auction (buses, vans, kitchen equipment and other items) — passed 5-0.

Why this matters: Several approvals were routine but the single-meeting policy change was presented as time-sensitive because it affects the superintendent's federally required certification. The vote to join the vouchers lawsuit is the board's formal step into statewide litigation over school funding policy.

Provenance: Each vote was recorded on the April 16 agenda; the joinder discussion and roll call appear in the meeting minutes and transcript.","Trustees unanimously approved several policy, curriculum and travel items; the board voted 4-1 to join a statewide lawsuit challenging expansion of private-school vouchers.","actionData","errors"]

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