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Vancouver School District warns of continuing budget shortfall and possible staff reductions
Summary
Superintendent Jeff Snell told the board the district expects a budget deficit for the coming year, citing rising costs and a multi-year special-education funding gap; the board will consider budget decisions over the summer ahead of an August public hearing and final adoption.
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Snell told the school board on June 3 that the district expects a budget deficit for the coming year and faces long-running special-education funding shortfalls and rising nonstaff costs.
Snell said the district “anticipate[s] that we'll have a deficit again going into this year,” and noted a six‑year special-education gap he described as roughly $44 million. He said the district closed a previous gap in part by reducing about 250 positions last year and that the board will face difficult decisions…
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