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District reports improved budget outlook after insurance negotiations, plans for balanced amendment
Summary
Finance staff said an originally forecast $1M deficit will be addressed; insurance committee negotiations cut an expected 23% premium increase to about 9% and the legislature’s 10% insurance entitlement increase further reduced the projected 2026–27 shortfall, improving the district’s budget outlook.
The Blaine County School District No. 61 finance director updated trustees April 14 that the district expects to present a balanced amended budget in June after better‑than‑expected revenue and refined forecasting. The district had started the year with a roughly $1 million deficit assumption but now expects to correct that…
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