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