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Anchor Bay board presses for clarity after district recorded as "opted in" to disputed 31a funding
Summary
Board members questioned how the district was recorded as "opted in" to contested 31a funding after a Nov. 12 vote to decline application; Superintendent Phil Jankowski said staff and legal counsel executed a procedural opt‑in to preserve options pending court rulings.
The Anchor Bay School District Board of Education spent much of its Dec. 10 meeting pressing administrators for a clearer explanation of how the district came to be recorded as "opted in" to 31a funding after the board voted on Nov. 12 not to apply for those funds.
Superintendent Phil Jankowski told the board the district had proceeded with a limited, administrative opt‑in to preserve the board's options while litigation proceeds. "We went…
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