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School District 304 Holds Public Hearing Monday on $85 Million Budget
Want to get a head start? The budget is now available online.
Here's your chance to put in your 2 cents on an $85 million Geneva School District budget.
District 304's public hearing on the 2011-12 budget is on the agenda for the School Board's 7 p.m. Monday meeting at the , 1113 Peyton St.
"Why should I care?" you ask? Two good reasons: Your child's education and your pocketbook. School District 304 and School District 304 pensions together account for about 67 percent of your property tax bill.
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You can see from the spreadsheet below some of the broad numbers from the 2011-12 budget. The School District plans to spend $85,732,569 during the upcoming school year. The biggest chunk of that is $45,766,132 for salaries, plus another $8,416,915 in benefits.
District 304 board meeting agendas now can be viewed at the School District's website. If you start at the home page, click on "Board of Education" on the left, then click on "Meetings" on the right and "Agendas" on the right.
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You'll also find the full copy of the budget by clicking "Finances" on the left-hand side of the home page.
- https://www.geneva304.org/d304_finances/documents/20110630110301.pdf
- Preliminary 2011-12 O&M, Transp Fund Budget, May 9, 2011
- Preliminary 2011-12 Ed. Fund Budget, April 11, 2011
Description Educational
Operations/ Maintenance
Purchased Services
$3,452,458 $1,708,401 -0- $960,700 n/a $6,121,559 Supplies & Materials $1,056,947 $2,586,750 n/a $305,200 n/a $3,948,897 Capital Outlay $587,800 $1,514,500 n/a -0- n/a $2,102,300 Other Objects $4,249,475 $76,000 $14,606,201 $29,000 -0- $18,960,676 Non-Capitalized Equipment $116,090 $300,000 n/a -0- n/a $416,090 Termination Benefits -0- -0- n/a -0- n/a -0- Total Expenditures $54,966,942 $10,762,437 $14,606,201 $3,111,552 $2,885,437 $85,732,569
