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Board directs administration to prepare reductions; district reports small projected FY27 deficit
Summary
Administrators outlined a projected FY27 shortfall and described an OPEB accounting timing issue; the board approved a routine resolution directing staff to develop recommendations for program and position reductions as needed and said they would notify staff and hold a Feb. 18 virtual meeting.
The Grand Rapids Area Schools board voted to direct the superintendent and administration to identify possible program and position reductions as necessary after administration presented the district's fiscal outlook.
Alex, the district business manager, told the board that preliminary FY27 estimates show revenues of about $69 million and estimated expenditures near $71.3 million, leaving a projected operating deficit of roughly $2.294 million. He and…
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