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October 10, 2018
A District 196 Budget Steering Committee began meeting in September to identify up to $25 million in cuts and revenue enhancements that will be needed to balance the budget over the next three years due to inadequate state funding for basic and special education.
The committee of district and school administrators will spend the next two months developing recommendations that will be presented at public meetings in December to get feedback from staff, parents and other district stakeholders. Final recommendations for cuts to next year's budget will be presented to the School Board Jan. 7, with approval expected at the Feb. 11 board meeting. The committee will also identify possible cuts for the 2020–21 school year, but the board will not take action on those recommendations. Cuts for 2020–21 would be needed only if additional funding is not approved by district voters in a local operating levy referendum that the board is likely to call for November 2019.
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