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Tallmadge board flags state funding uncertainty as district readies multilingual registration tool, approves routine items
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Tallmadge City Schools Board approved routine minutes, financial reports and extracurricular travel, discussed a growing budget risk tied to a state funding phase‑in and previewed new multilingual online registration videos for incoming families.
The Tallmadge City Schools Board of Education met Jan. 15 and approved routine agenda items while spotlighting uncertainty in the state'funding phase‑in that could affect the district's five-year forecast.
Board members approved prior meeting minutes, accepted the October 2024 financial reports and authorized an overnight robotics trip to Sandusky on Jan. 22'23. The board also approved a slate of personnel items by a single consensus motion, which included a provision to allow retired classified staff to return as substitutes at a higher step than previous substitute pay.
The fiscal discussion was the meeting's most consequential policy item. Central office staff said the district's five-year forecast shows a budget deficit in fiscal year 2027 and that the district is working with an ODEW fiscal oversight process and consultants to develop a plan the board must adopt before the district submits materials to the state. Staff noted the forecast and any corrective plan will be ready for board…
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