Before their monthly meeting on Tuesday the Rochelle Elementary School District Board members hosted a special workshop to discuss the Fiscal Year 2020 Tentative Budget.
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ROCHELLE – Before their monthly meeting on Tuesday the Rochelle Elementary School District Board members hosted a special workshop to discuss the Fiscal Year 2020 Tentative Budget. The tentative budget had to be legally posted by the end of the day Tuesday, so board members and superintendent Jason Harper met to discuss the deficit for next year which is estimated at $1,481,576.
Of the overall expected deficit amount, $900,000 is due to needed window replacements at Rochelle Middle School and Tilton Elementary school.
“We are slated to receive $114,000 more than we received last year, so the sum of what we would receive from the state is $5.3 million,” said Harper, who also explained that 80 to 90 percent of the budget is made up of salary, benefits and special education costs.
Following the workshop, the FY20 Tentative Budget was approved at the district’s regular monthly meeting, and a public hearing on Sept. 17 before the final budget is approved.