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District outlines ESSER spending, fund-balance rationale and county funding ask for teacher supplements
Summary
District finance staff briefed board committee members on how federal ESSER funds were used, the district’s fund-balance rationale and a multi-year funding scenario that would raise local teacher supplements to regional first-place levels, with recurring cost estimates.
District finance and personnel staff presented a budget briefing to the board committee on Jan. 30 that reviewed how ESSER funds were spent, explained the purpose of the district’s unassigned fund balance and outlined the scale of local funds the district would need to increase teacher supplements to competitive regional levels.
Staff provided a high-level accounting of ESSER allocations and reported that the district used federal funds for staff bonuses (approximately $40.3 million across cycles), learning-loss interventions including additional teachers/counselors/social workers ($68.8 million), educational technology ($18.5 million) and HVAC/ventilation improvements ($46 million). The district said some…
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