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Madison County Board schedules review after $43,000 student-account shortfall tied to charge policy
Summary
Board members heard from district staff that student accounts ended the 2024–25 school year with a $43,000 negative balance for charged items; staff said federal funds cannot cover those balances and the board put the item on the Aug. 8 work session for follow-up.
Miss Mitchell, a district presenter, told the Madison County Board of Education on July 29 that student accounts closed the 2024–25 school year with a negative balance of $43,000 and that the district must resolve that shortfall before the next school year. "We were looking at we're at a negative balance of $43,000 that had risen considerably from the previous year," she said. She added that the state requires accounts to be at zero at the end of the school year in May.
Miss Mitchell said…
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