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Board advertises FY2020-21 budget after schools warn of $3.7 million local match; CARES funds approved
Summary
After a schools presentation that projected a 1,530-student enrollment and a required local effort of about $3.7 million, the Board voted to advertise the proposed FY2020-21 budget and accepted $1,064,054 in CARES Act funds with conditions for COVID-19-related uses.
Lunenburg County supervisors agreed May 14 to advertise the proposed FY2020-21 budget after hearing from schools officials about funding needs and also authorized acceptance of federal CARES Act funds designated for the county.
Assistant School Superintendent and Finance Director James Abernathy told the board the proposed school budget is based on a projected enrollment of 1,530 students and that the minimum required local effort totals about $3.7 million. Abernathy said the state provides roughly $8,000 per student (about 75% of…
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