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Board told fiscal-caution letter from Department of Education; district granted extension to May 18
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Treasurer Beth told the board the district received a fiscal-caution letter on March 11 from the Department of Education (referred to in the record as "ODWD"); the district requested and received an extension to submit a plan until May 18 and plans to present an updated five-year forecast at the May board meeting.
Beth, speaking for the business office, told the board the district received a fiscal-caution letter on March 11 from the Department of Education (recorded in the meeting as "ODWD"). The letter requires the district to submit a corrective plan; the district requested and was granted an extension to May 18 to file that plan.
Beth said the timing complication is connected to a state funding computation (House Bill 186) that the business office expected on April 20 but which may be delayed. Because of that timing uncertainty the district sought the extension. "We have till May 18," Beth said, and the district intends to present an updated five-year forecast and a plan to address the fiscal-caution matter at the May board meeting.
The board did not take immediate action beyond accepting the update and scheduling the May presentation; officials emphasized the information remains subject to the state computation and that the deadline extension gives the district additional time to prepare.
