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Committee advances plan to review cash balances of non-state-funded schools
Summary
A letter of intent asking the Bureau of Finance and Management and the Department of Education to help non-state-funded schools develop plans to reduce large cash balances received a do-pass recommendation from the appropriations committee.
A letter of intent aimed at improving accountability for schools that do not receive state funding passed the Joint Committee on Appropriations on a do-pass recommendation.
Representative Terry Jorgensen introduced the LOI after noting that some non-state-funded schools have unusually large cash balances observed during school accountability committee discussions. The LOI asks the Bureau of Finance and Management and the Department of Education to work with those schools to develop plans to reduce balances going forward.
Committee members expressed support for the effort as a preliminary step to address cash-management issues. Representative Kassem moved a do-pass recommendation, seconded by Representative Muckey, and the motion carried. No opponents were recorded during the session.
The LOI requests coordination and planning support rather than immediate sanctions or funding changes; it advances the committee’s interest in spending transparency and fiscal oversight for all schools regardless of state funding status.
