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Finance director warns of volatile high‑cost disability grant; announces departure after eight years
Summary
Finance director Kim Dowd told the board a state high‑cost disability grant has produced large, unpredictable reconciliations and said the district faces a $481,000 reconciliation payment next month; she also announced she will leave the district at the end of the school year.
The Silver Falls School District finance director told the board the state's high‑cost disability grant produces volatile year‑to‑year payments and that the district faces a substantial reconciliation payment next month.
Kim Dowd said the Oregon Department of Education's high‑cost disability program — a statewide $55 million pool that reimburses districts for costs above a statutory threshold per student — is driven by district estimates and subsequent reconciliations. "We will be paying back $481,000 from last year's payment next month," Dowd…
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