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Miss Green tells trustees the district may have to 'pass a budget blind' as state funding model and rules remain unclear
Summary
Albany County School District #1 finance staff told trustees state funding changes — a new categorical grant structure, altered FTE and insurance reimbursements, and cuts to maintenance and athletics allocations — make precise budgeting impossible this cycle; staff said reserves will likely be used to bridge the gap.
At a work session, district finance staff warned trustees that pending changes to the state school-funding model leave the district unable to produce a final budget now.
"I don't know. I ain't got nothing for you," said Miss Green, the district finance presenter, describing conflicting modeling and rules coming from the Legislature and the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE). She told trustees she and other business managers are receiving different versions of the model and that crucial rules about a new categorical grant and reimbursements have not been finalized.
Miss Green described several…
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