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Stratford finance committee hears special-education shortfall; grant and enrollment updates provided
Summary
At a special Stratford School District Finance Committee meeting, staff reported a special-education deficit exceeding $2.8 million and a projected overall budget shortfall of about $1 million; committee members received updates on a 21st Century grant, school lunch finances and enrollment trends.
The Stratford School District Finance Committee was told Tuesday that the district's special-education budget faces a deficit now slightly above $2.8 million and that the district is projecting an overall budget shortfall of approximately $1 million for the fiscal year.
Miss Katie TV, a finance staff member, told the committee the special-education deficit stems mainly from out-of-district services, transportation and tuition accounts and that the $1 million projection assumes some savings from vacant positions and reductions in discretionary spending. "The most significant issue still remains to be the deficit in the special education budget, and it's now, at this point, slightly more than $2,800,000," Miss Katie TV said. "We're still projecting an overall budget deficit of approximately $1,000,000." She…
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