Posted on 07/04/2009 3:58:11 AM PDT by don-o
ROGERSVILLE — The pending budget problem for the Hawkins County school system got quite a bit worse Thursday as administrators realized that nearly $1.4 million in federal stimulus money awarded to the county has been included as part of the state funding allocation.
Prior to Thursday, Director of Schools Charlotte Britton and her staff had been under the impression that the federal stimulus money was above and beyond what is projected to be the state BEP (Basic Education Program) allocation to Hawkins County Schools for 2009-2010.
Although the budget has not yet been finalized, the Board of Education was expecting to use that additional $1.399 million to cover the cost of several building improvement projects such as a new roof for Surgoinsville Middle School, which alone has been estimated to cost $500,000.
Britton told the Times-News Thursday that in calculating the budget with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money that was awarded during the week of June 20, she didn’t realize that the ARRA money had already been factored into the BEP total allocation by the State Department of Education.
“Hawkins County Schools did not receive an additional $1.399 million to use ...
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Isn't it wonderful?
Heck all they have to do is raise property taxes - problem solved.
Look here to see where all the money is going
“What, no bonanza? No free money? That’s not fair.”
Parasites.
Of course it works both ways, some future grandchild of yours will be paying to pave my road so three men with shovels can watch one man dig a hole
Demand local solutions for local issues. There is NO Constitutional authority for any of this insanity.
Why raise property taxes when they can pick my pocket???
switcheroo
too bad for you
Don't worry they will do both. If I believe my local assessor, the value of my house is something like 3 or 4 billion dollars now.
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