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Newberg school leaders warn of urgent shortfall, approve appropriation and press levy as remedy
Summary
After multiple downward revenue revisions and a sharp drop in state high-cost disability reimbursements, the Newberg Public Schools finance team announced a spending freeze and the board approved an appropriation resolution; trustees pressed the case for a local levy to rebuild reserves and avoid program cuts.
Board members and staff struck an urgent tone Wednesday as they reviewed a wave of revenue downgrades that left the district's ending fund balance far smaller than expected and prompted immediate spending restrictions.
Finance staff told the Newberg Public Schools Board that ten revenue adjustments in March produced mostly downward revisions and that one particularly damaging change involved state reimbursements for high-cost special education cases. The finance director described the program's reimbursement mechanics and said the district now expects much smaller payments than it had budgeted: "the current reimbursement rate for high-cost disability is 22 cents on the dollar," finance staff said.
That shortfall, combined with other downward…
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