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Sumner County committee approves state-funded Summer Scholars budget amendments, including transportation
Summary
The Sumner County Education Committee on May 19 approved two budget amendments to allocate state funds for the Summer Scholars program and its transportation after the district received the money late in the legislative cycle, Director of Schools Dr. Langford said.
The Sumner County Education Committee on May 19 approved two budget amendments to allocate newly received state funds for the county’s Summer Scholars program and for Summer Scholars transportation, Sumner County Director of Schools Dr. Langford told the committee.
The funding is state money and arrived May 2, forcing the district to move quickly to allocate the new dollars so staff could be paid in June, Dr. Langford said. "So this year the funds dropped to us on May 2 which causes a mad scramble for us to get..." she said, describing the compressed timeline.
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