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Superintendent warns governor's budget proposals could push Stewartville district to use general fund for unemployment and transportation costs
Summary
Superintendent Ms. Silvers briefed the board on the governor's budget recommendations, highlighting potential cuts and one-time funding that could require the district to use general fund dollars for summer unemployment claims and partial special-education transportation costs.
Superintendent Ms. Silvers told the Stewartville Public School District board that changes proposed in the governor's budget could push the district to cover tens of thousands of dollars in costs from its general fund.
Silvers said the governor recommended $30 million in one-time funding to partly cover unemployment insurance claims for hourly employees who do not work during the summer. She said the initial statewide appropriation the prior biennium was $135 million and that the smaller, proposed $30 million allocation for FY 2026 would not cover all expected claims. "We're expecting and budgeting that we will have to use some of our general fund to pay unemployment," she said; early local…
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