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South Lane superintendent warns of special-education cost pressures and possible cuts; business office outlines budget mix
Summary
Superintendent Todd told the board the district faces rising special-education placements and higher program costs that have produced a roughly half-million shortfall outside the state school fund; Celia of the business office reviewed general fund revenue sources and major expenditures, including $1.8M in SPED tuition and $4M in charter payments.
The South Lane School District superintendent told the board the district is facing growing budget pressure driven in part by more students placed in specialized programs and rising costs for those placements.
"We have more students in specialized programs this year... and the costs of these programs have significantly gone up," Superintendent Todd said, adding that the increase has left the district "about a half million off" in areas outside the state school fund. He said reserve and contingency funds exist but…
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