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Superintendent and treasurer outline budget stance, urge contact with state lawmakers over Fair School Funding
Summary
Superintendent Jeff Harrison and Treasurer Greg presented the district's monthly finance update and urged community contact with state legislators to support full phase-in of the Fair School Funding Plan; the officials said state funding per pupil falls short of local cost and warned that incomplete implementation shifts costs to local taxpayers.
Superintendent Jeff Harrison and Treasurer Greg used the Feb. 12 board meeting to review the district's financial position and to urge the community and board members to contact state legislators in support of fully funding the Fair School Funding Plan.
Harrison read a draft letter he plans to send to the district's four state representatives urging support for the plan's full phase-in, arguing that incomplete implementation shifts costs to local taxpayers. "I urge you to make public school funding a top priority and advocate…
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