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District proposes budget amid federal grant freezes, $1.8 million shortfall and staffing pressures
Summary
The district presented a proposed (tentative) budget and warned of statewide and federal funding reductions: a statewide $47 million shortfall, a local reduction of about $60,000, frozen Title II/IV funds and roughly $1.8 million in budget shortfalls before transfers; the board authorized advertising the budget notices.
Levy County's finance director told the school board the district faces a tightening fiscal picture driven by state and federal funding changes, rising costs and student scholarship growth; the board approved advertisement of the tentative budget and related public notices.
"We found out that the final payment to all school districts statewide was about $47,000,000 less than expected," said Staff member (finance director), describing a June 26 notice from the state. She said Levy's share of the statewide reduction was about $60,000 and that the state is working on a solution but had not provided one by the meeting.
Federal funding changes: Staff described a broader, fast‑moving federal picture that included withheld or frozen allocations. The finance presenter and the district's federal grants lead said Title I Part A and IDEA were expected to be funded (with modest reductions),…
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