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Bend‑LaPine Budget Committee approves $639.5 million budget and debt-service levy
Summary
The Bend‑LaPine Schools Budget Committee voted May 13 to approve the district’s proposed budget in the aggregate amount of $639,538,582 and a debt-service levy, and heard a public comment urging explicit expense‑reduction goals.
The Bend‑LaPine Schools Budget Committee voted May 13 to approve the district’s proposed budget in the aggregate amount of $639,538,582 and to levy debt‑service taxes as stated in the motion; the committee also voted to assess the district’s permanent tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value as recorded in the motion.
The budget matters because it sets the district’s spending plan and the tax levy that helps pay bonded debt and ongoing operations for the coming year.
Dan Emerson, the district’s chief financial officer, told the committee the proposed budget has not changed since an April 8 public meeting and…
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