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Board signs off on MTSBA ballot and discusses a consolidated school-funding proposal
Summary
Board members authorized submission of the MTSBA annual meeting electronic ballot and debated a proposed consolidated school-funding package that, if enacted, would aim to fund schools at close to 100% and reduce frequent local levies.
The board reviewed nominees and action items for the Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) annual meeting electronic ballot and approved delegation to the Board Chair Merriman and the presiding officer to submit it on behalf of the Kalispell Board of Trustees.
Discussion centered on an MTSBA funding proposal described by a trustee as an effort to push for a consolidated base funding approach that could reduce the need for frequent levies. "The idea behind it is to give a base level of funding to schools that is essentially 100% funding... and limited us having to go back and ask for levies constantly," one trustee said. Other trustees worried that packaging many goals together could make passage harder or produce unintended consequences if only parts of the package were enacted. The board moved and approved the recommended motion to submit the ballot and act on behalf of the district.
