Watch Video below and recap by Lakewood News Network
There was a proposal asking the voters to approve after school programs for a million and a half dollars and another million for non public related services they are not considered mandated programs and therefore will be put up to a vote by the public for $2.5 million in November at the general election. It approved it will raise annual taxes by $150 and become permanent and part of the yearly school budget raising taxes every year to cover it. If its rejected it will never be able to put back into the budget.
LNN recap on the BOE Meeting:
Lakewood's Board of Education last night held a meeting in which they discussed the state legislature's budget, which slashes $30 million in state aid that the district was informed in March by the state DOE they would receive. Business Administrator Robert Finger told the board that, unless the board approves their own budget now, as of July 1 (the new school year), the school district legally can't operate.
The board approved a budget raising the average tax payers bill $150 annually, but with the condition that the budget is null and void if the state does in fact provide the $30 million.
The board also approved continuing the after school academic programs for another half year. These programs, in the eyes of the state, are not included in the districts requirement to provide a "thorough and efficient" education, therefore, the state does not provide aid for these programs. However, the board approved requesting a loan from the state for these programs, which the superintendent and teachers deem to be vital for the children.
Should the state not provide the necessary loan, then, the state monitor and school officials will "think innovatively" how to fund these programs.
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