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Manassas Park approves school budget using $533,000 from school stabilization fund after debate
Summary
After heated council debate over city deficits and whether schools should absorb cuts, the Manassas Park governing body voted May 13 to approve the school budget with $533,000 taken from the school stabilization fund; the body also appointed three people to the school board.
The Manassas Park governing body voted May 13 to approve the city school budget and authorized a one-time transfer of $533,000 from the school stabilization fund to cover a line labeled a “state shortfall” that staff said had been added to the schools’ presented budget.
City finance staff told council that about $800,000 in the schools’ filing represented stabilization funds the district routinely returns at year-end and that an additional roughly $500,000 appeared in a separate line labeled “state shortfall funding,” which staff said was intended to make up for enrollment-driven revenue losses. “It was intended to provide extra funding to the school district in the event enrollment fell and funding for the school district was reduced because of…
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