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Superintendent Benatta outlines budget calendar, policy review and student-support updates at Blackhawk school board work session
Summary
At the Sept. 12 Blackhawk School Board work session, Superintendent Dr. Benatta presented the district's budget calendar and plans for a wide policy review; Dr. Houston reported special-education counts, mental-health supports and partnerships supported in part by a PCCD grant.
On Sept. 12 at the Blackhawk School Board work session, Superintendent Dr. Benatta presented a back-to-school update that front-loaded the district’s budget schedule and an internal policy-review effort. “Basically, we start budgeting in on September 30; by this day, we should get the Act 1 index,” Dr. Benatta told the board, outlining a timeline that moves budget preparations through October, manager uploads in December and a March preliminary draft that will be presented for public display after board approval.
The update matters because the Act 1 index determines allowable tax and budget baselines for the coming year; Dr. Benatta told the board the district will provide…
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