The Mancos District Re-6 School Board approved a budget with $133,000 of deficit spending Monday after the state cut the district\u2019s funding by $150 per student.<\/p>\n
The cuts came in mid-December when the state decided not to make up the difference left by declining property tax revenue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was kind of a shock when they said we\u2019re cutting the (per pupil revenue),\u201d said Superintendent Brian Hanson.<\/p>\n
Twenty-seven other districts suffered similar cuts. This is the fifth straight year the state has reduced funding to the district.<\/p>\n
General fund reserve dollars will cover the shortfall, and Hanson said the deficit spending may be lower than projected when final numbers are tallied in June.<\/p>\n
The district also made $40,000 in cuts that reduced spending on professional growth, purchase service items and other expenses before January\u2019s board meeting to bring the deficit down to $133,000.<\/p>\n
The administration is hoping the Statehouse approves a supplemental budget presented by the Colorado Department of Education, which would bring the school $31,000.<\/p>\n
The board had approved spending on the preschool knowing that it would not break even in its first year. Those expenses contributed $62,000 to the shortfall.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes awhile for it grow to get enough students to make it a self-sustaining school,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n
Hanson encouraged people to write representatives about the cuts.<\/p>\n
Colorado ranks 43rd for per-student funding, according to the Colorado School Finance Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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