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Show County schools approve $14 million budget By MIKE CANNON Record Reporter A $14 million budget was approved by the Iron County School Board Tuesday evening, with the bulk of expenditures ' going towards instruction areas and items supporting instruction. "Most of our money goes to instruction in-struction and of course, that's the way it should be," said Iron County School District Superintendent J. Clair Morris. "That's what it's all about." Over $4 million went directly to instructional in-structional areas out of a maintenance and operation fund of about $7 million. An additional $343,450 was spent on items directly supporting instruction. Items falling under the"instruction" category in the budget include teacher's salaries, supplies, books and other materials. As always, the bulk of expected revenues from which the District will operate come from local and state sources. Local general revenue will be around $2,20(i,000, while state funds will be allocated to the District to the tune of about $4,573,869. In contrast to this. Federal revenue lor the maintenance and operation fund totals only $216,362. Board members pointed out that many Federal government guidelines accompany the relatively low Federal allocation. Total expected revenues should be at $9,734,944. This appears substantially lower than the budgeted $14 million outflow; however, there is a carry over of around $5 million from last year's bond election, along wuh a small reserve, that will serve to balance the budget. According to Kent Peterson, director of business operations lor the District, there will be no reserve funds remaining at the conclusion of the 1981-82 1981-82 school year. This is in contrast to a $116,000 reserve at the end of the 1979-80 liscal year. The reserve has been depleted because of budget cuts and a tight economy. Other major expenditures included school administration costs, $524,229; District administration costs, $216,082; interest on tax notes, $107,160; operation and maintenance of facilities, $1,068,812; maintenance and operation salaries, $369,918; recreation, $164,643; special transportation, $85,922; food service, $509,050; outstanding out-standing debts, $1,546,704 and transportation tran-sportation to and from school. $249,443. In addition to approving the scnoo! district budget Tuesday, the Board also granted final approval to a $313,197.67 budget lor the Southwest Educational Development Center. |