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Parents press council for transparency after PFM budget review; council hears concern about deleted school reappropriation line item
Summary
Parents and PTA representatives urged Roanoke City Council for clearer disclosure of school 'true up' funds and questioned a PFM fiscal review that they said understates inflation and rising student needs; the matter was raised during public comment and council asked staff to follow up.
Several speakers during the public comment period on Nov. 17 asked the council to provide clearer financial information to Roanoke City Public Schools and to explain why a reappropriation line item was removed from the meeting agenda.
Rebecca Murphy, a PTA board member and parent, said a line item tied to RCPS capital funds reappropriation was deleted from the agenda and asked "Why is that?" She asked the council to disclose the amount of 'true up'…
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