State’s School Deficit List Grows by Five

In a joint hearing Thursday of the House and Senate K-12, School Aid and Education Appropriations Subcommittees, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan provided an update to the State’s list of school districts facing budget deficit – adding 5 new districts, and removing one, bring the total to 49.

The state categorizes the districts relative to their deficit situation as follows:

· Category 1: a district that will effectively eliminate its deficit by the end of the school year

· Category 2: a district that will reduce its deficit by the end of the school year

· Category 3: a district projecting an increase to its deficit

· Category 4: a district that begins the year with a positive fund balance but is projecting a year-end deficit

Alpena Public Schools, Beecher Community School District, Atlanta Community Schools, Durand Area Schools, and Lincoln Consolidated Schools were added to the list, all in category 4. South Lake Schools had been listed as a category 4, however, is now projecting no deficit at years-end.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, September 13, 2013 10:48 AM
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