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Superintendent outlines budget concerns in Columbus and progress on Monroe construction projects
Summary
Superintendent Robert Buskirk briefed the board on state budget negotiations impacting school funding, urged attention to property tax issues, and updated the board on design and construction steps for the jail-gym infill and the new high school.
Superintendent Robert Buskirk told the Monroe Local Schools Board of Education that the governor’s proposed budget and other state-level proposals have major implications for the district and that district leaders have been communicating priorities to legislators and county partners.
Buskirk said district leaders and county superintendents met with an ESC representative and that lawmakers were not fully aware of the district-level impacts of changes to property-tax policy and categorical funding. He described three priorities discussed with legislators: property-tax relief for homeowners (including expanding homestead-like credits),…
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