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Gary superintendent outlines $3.5 million in cuts and warns referendum, state bills could reduce $10 million
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Yvonne Stokes told WLTH listeners the Gary Community School Corporation is planning roughly $3.5 million in annual reductions and cautioned that legislative changes affecting referendum revenue — about $10 million annually — could tighten finances further.
Dr. Yvonne Stokes, superintendent of the Gary Community School Corporation, said the district is preparing to reduce its budget by about $3,500,000 a year as it adapts to recent state-level changes.
"We are in a position where we will have to cut our budget," Stokes said, adding that the district currently relies on about $10,000,000 a year in referendum funding. "If in a couple years we did not pass and renew a referendum, that would be an additional $10,000,000." She cautioned that under new legislative guidelines a portion of referendum funds may have to be…
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