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Board approves request to county for roughly $20 million to cover top capital priorities
Summary
After staff outlined operating budget changes and a large list of capital requests, the board voted 5-0 to ask New Hanover County for just over $20 million to fund priority "number 1" capital items and to request county support beyond the district's restricted fund balance for non-storm emergencies.
The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to ask the county for funding to cover the district's top capital priorities, approving a board motion to request roughly $20 million after accounting for anticipated lottery and other revenue sources.
Staff presented a multi-part budget update, including an operating-budget change that relies in part on a new process to claim state refunds for positions coded as state-paid employees who do not participate in the state health plan; staff estimated that change could yield roughly $500,000 in reimbursements for the coming year. The presentation also reviewed pre-kindergarten funding: the district used about $1.2 million in Title I carryover this year to cover a Head Start shortfall and anticipates only about $300,000 in Title I funds available for pre-K next year, creating a roughly $700,000 gap the proposed operating…
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