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Upshur County Schools board flags revenue timing and budget pressures in monthly review
Summary
Board members pressed staff for clearer monthly financial reporting after hearing that local revenues lag projections and several expenditure lines are highly encumbered; members requested levy-rate breakdowns, cash reconciliation reports and more object-code detail.
The Upshur County Schools Board spent the bulk of its meeting reviewing the district's monthly finance reports, where trustees raised concerns about the timing of state and federal revenues and the adequacy of several budget line items.
During the review, a committee member said the district had budgeted $420,000 in local revenues but collected "just under 9%" to date, and asked for a detailed levy-rate sheet showing valuations and extended dollar amounts. Staff explained that state aid is typically disbursed at several points during the month and that the district sometimes appears under-collected because some monthly state payments…
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