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Board Temporarily Approves Budgets for School of the Arts and School for the Deaf and Blind Pending Financial Reconciliation
Summary
Board members pulled the budgets for the Mississippi School for the Arts and the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Blind from the consent agenda, approved them to avoid interrupting operations, and directed staff to reconcile apparent inconsistencies and return reconciled documents at the August meeting.
The Mississippi State Board of Education on July 17 pulled budget items for the Mississippi School for the Arts and the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Blind from the consent agenda for additional discussion and approval with conditions.
Board member Bill Jacobs said the draft budgets did not reconcile with financial statements he reviewed: revenue and expense line items appeared inconsistent and…
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