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Moorhead School Board approves budget for 2016-17

July 20, 2016

During the June 27 meeting, the Moorhead School Board approved the district’s annual operating plan, which includes the preliminary budget for the 2016-17 school year. General fund revenues are projected at $73.4 million with expenses projected to be $73.9 million.
 
The district’s revenues for 2016-17 will increase primarily because of a 2 percent increase to the general education aid formula and an estimated increase in student enrollment. Expenditures are increasing as the district continues to address the operating levy priorities and adds approximately 12.96 full-time equivalent teaching and support staff positions. Additionally, one school bus will be purchased in 2016-17 to continue upgrading the district’s bus fleet.
 
According to Assistant Superintendent Brandon Lunak, this is the sixth year of the seven-year operating levy referendum funding and the district continues to adhere to the operating levy priorities.
 
The board was provided with several scenarios for revenue for the next three years with different amounts of state revenue and operating levy referendum funds. Assuming no increases in revenue from the state and the possible expiration of the operating levy, the district’s expenditures are projected to exceed revenue by approximately $1.4 million for fiscal year 2018, by $747,469 for fiscal year 2019 and by $1.1 million for fiscal year 2020.
 
The operating levy would need to be renewed or reductions would be needed to balance the budget, Lunak said.
 
The food service fund, which was over budget for 2015-16 because of expenditures for the Probstfield kitchen expansion last summer, is on budget for 2016-17. Meal prices will remain unchanged this year.
 
A separate fund has been established to track revenues and expenditures for the construction work that received voter approval in November 2015. Total expenditures on the projects are at $3.8 million. Construction is underway on the new K-4 elementary and the grades 5-6 school connected to Horizon Middle School. At the three existing elementary schools, the offices and entrances are being remodeled this summer to increase security.
 
 

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