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Platteville budget projects near $1 million shortfall as staff costs and bus-route changes bite
Summary
District staff told the board the 2023-24 unaudited figures leave a projected deficit closer to $1 million than the $1.4 million approved, citing salary and insurance increases, deferred maintenance and route consolidation that may lengthen some student commutes.
Platteville School District staff told the board that the district's current budget position leaves it closer to a $1,000,000 deficit than the $1,400,000 figure the board approved earlier.
"We approved a deficit spending budget of $1,400,000. . . I anticipate this number to be closer to 1,000,000 deficit spending than 1,400,000," the staff member said while reviewing audited and current-year columns and a proposed budget.
The staff member said about 84% of district expenditures are salaries, wages and benefits and that the proposed budget reflects a 2% increase…
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