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Resident asks board to press state lawmakers on solar revenue’s effect on school funding
Summary
During public comment Karen Faust asked whether the district has resolved a school funding issue she said is caused by solar revenues reducing state funding; the board reported a fact-finding meeting occurred with state lawmakers and tax and budget officials.
Karen Faust used the public-comment period at the July 23 meeting to ask whether the district had resolved a school funding issue she said results from solar revenue reducing the amount of state funding the Lynchburg-Clay district receives. Faust asked whether the board and administration will continue to press state Senator Shane Wilkin and state Representative Bob Peterson for a solution.
The board reported that a fact-finding meeting took place with Senator Wilkin, Representative Peterson, the three Highland County commissioners, a representative from the State Department of Taxation and officials from the Office of Budget and Management. According to the meeting record, that session was a fact-finding effort for state representatives to understand how the influx of solar monies could be negatively affecting school funding; the record does not show any formal resolution or state action resulting from that meeting.
What it means: The public comment signals continued local concern about how state funding formulas and new solar-related revenues interact. The district indicated state-level stakeholders have engaged in fact-finding but the transcript does not record any concrete policy change or commitment to a remedy during this meeting.
What comes next: Karen Faust requested continued outreach to the district's state legislators; the board did not record additional local action beyond acknowledging the fact-finding meeting with state officials.
