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Board hears budget outlook; superintendent urges parents and PTAs to contact legislators on foundation aid
Summary
District finance leadership told the Board it's at an early stage of budgeting and urged community advocacy on foundation aid; suggestions included adjusting regional cost indices, using accurate poverty measures and boosting special-education aid. A resident urged constituents to keep politics in mind when writing letters to elected officials.
District officials told the Lynnbrook Union Free School District Board of Education on Jan. 8 that the district is in a preliminary stage of the budget process and urged the community to contact legislators about foundation aid and related funding formulas.
A district official described the timeline: the governor's executive budget proposal typically arrives around Jan. 20, after which preliminary state-aid runs are produced. The district will use those aid runs to refine revenue…
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