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School board hears budget uncertainty after Legislature overrides veto on education bill; bond-reimbursement bill unresolved
Summary
Board members discussed legislative activity affecting school funding, including the Legislature’s override of the governor’s veto on House Bill 57, a reported $700 BSA increase in the formula, the risk of a gubernatorial veto of appropriations, and an unresolved bond-debt reimbursement bill in Senate rules.
Mister Ratliff opened a board discussion on budget risks linked to recent legislative activity and asked whether the end of the legislative session meant “functionally speaking, school bond debt reimbursement, the moratorium has ended.”
Board staff and leadership said the bond-reimbursement proposal (referred to in the meeting as SP184) remained in the Senate rules committee and had not passed, and that appropriations and reimbursement timing remained…
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