SJSD Budget Meeting (6-23-20)

SJSD Budget Meeting (6-23-20)

For the st joseph school district revealing a larger cut to the budget than expected...the district's earlier state aided projections were $1 million dollars short...now, the district is left to work with less money and more problems... kq2's kilee thomas with where the district's plans to cut from the sjsd estimated 1 million dollars too short on state budget cuts... now figuring out how to operate with $2.2 million dollars less in their wallet "that was gonna be roughly $1.2 - $1.3 million dollars.

When the reductions actually came in or withholdings, it was $2.2 million dollars.

It was a million dollars more for this month.

So, we're also anticipating that will be the same for next month which makes roughly $2 million dollars in reduction from state aid."

Forcing the district to adjust their budget "majority of that will come from our capital projects or fund 4 budget area, so that'll keep us from moving forward with some repairs of facilities and replacements that we needed to do."

The rest of the budget will be made up by cutting 5% across the board says the cut won't affect staffing...yet"really what we're trying to do is manage our budget through the due processes without impacting our staff.

Depending on how things continue to move forward, if the state says, 'hey, we're gonna withhold in august, september, october,' if they keep withholding from us, then that changes what we're gonna have to do."

St joseph school district superintendent says last night's adopted budget isn't set in stone...as it's likely to change with the changing environment district remains optimistic last year's budget is enough to get them through"we feel pretty confident that the budget we developed this last year and for this coming year should be able to sustain us."

Van zyle says the real challenge is what next year will hold "what happens if we have a drop in student enrollment?

What if they do continue to keep cutting dollars from us and it makes us deficit spend?

If you have to start spending that down, it just makes it a much more difficult situation and some tough decisions would have to be made."

The hope is that missouri's revenue will start to pick up, so education can get their cut of the money "if state keeps losing dollars or not generating dollars, we won't be able to get those dollars as well and then that is kinda like a snowball down a hill.

It will just keep picking up speed and create more issues for us moving forward."

Reporting in st.

Joseph kilee thomas kq2 news van zyl says without last year's passed tax levy...the school district would be in a real world of hurt another victim of covid-19, st.

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