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Ames Comm School District approves multiple budget requests, gifts and dropout-prevention funding
Summary
The Ames Comm School District board unanimously approved requests to the School Budget Review Committee for additional allowable growth, accepted several donations and authorized a $2.39 million dropout-prevention budget; trustees also heard reports on facilities and staffing.
The Ames Comm School District board on Monday approved a set of budget requests and donations, unanimously voting to send requests for modified allowable growth to the School Budget Review Committee, accept multiple community gifts and finalize the district’s dropout-prevention budget.
Board members voted to request modified allowable growth for increased enrollment totaling $651,239 and to request modified allowable growth for limited-English-proficiency instruction beyond five years (the transcript includes two figures in rapid succession—$66,000 and $56,554—see clarifying details). The board also approved district gifts as presented and adopted a modified allowable growth of…
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