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Bellevue Schools Foundation fills gaps in district funding, leaders say
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Leaders of the Bellevue Schools Foundation told the Bellevue School District podcast that the foundation was created after state levy limits and now funds early learning tuition support, school mental-health services, integrated computer science and extracurriculars, including robotics.
Bellevue Schools Foundation leaders said the nonprofit helps bridge funding gaps left by state and local limits on school revenue, supporting programs the Bellevue School District cannot fully fund.
"We in the Bellevue School District, we're so underfunded," said Dr. Aramaki, a Bellevue School District official, who described the district's roughly $400 million annual budget and said "about $12 million a year comes from the federal government." He said recent changes in the…
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