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Broken Arrow school finance update: $509,000 midterm allocation drop and board approves bond sale preparations

Broken Arrow Board of Education · January 13, 2026
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District finance staff reported a roughly $509,000 reduction in state aid after midterm equalization and the board approved a preliminary official statement to pursue a $32 million taxable bond sale and scheduled a second $11 million sale for March 3 to fund transportation, maintenance and technology.

Broken Arrow Public Schools finance staff told the school board on Jan. 13 that a midterm allocation adjustment reduced the district’s state aid by about $509,000, and trustees approved steps to sell two series of bonds to support capital priorities.

Finance staff reported that the district began the year with an estimated allocation of roughly $70.9 million and was lowered to about $70.405 million after midterm equalization—"about a $509,000 decrease from where we began…

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