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September 2009 – State Education Budget
August 27, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Due to the current state education and the lack of a budget within the state of Pennsylvania, the district has made it public that the payroll for the district could be made for the next five (5) pay periods, which would take us into mid-October. After that point in time, we would hopefully continue to receive local revenues in a manner that would allow us to make additional payrolls. If this, in fact, could not be accomplished, the district would have to approach one of the local banks to secure a loan to continue to make payroll. If the budget was still at an impasse, the district would have to very quickly monitor programs and make a determination as to what potential programs would be eliminated to secure additional funding. Also, the district would have to very closely scrutinize purchase orders that have been submitted to the district office before making a final purchase to determine if they are a need or a want.
After that point in time, it is our hope that the district would not have to begin to cut programs that would impact kids but instead review current purchase orders and make a determination as to what is a necessity and what is not. The cutting of student programs would be a course of last resort in order to maintain the district operating budget. It is, indeed, the district’s hope that the current state of affairs in Harrisburg would be resolved in a manner that would allow the district to continue to run smoothly and effectively without much of a disruption of the educational process for the students attending the Milton Area School District.
