Hillsboro School District offers help understanding school finances
Published: Monday, June 14, 2010, 4:58 PM Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 5:12 PM
As Hillsboro School District prepares a draft of cuts for the 2010-11 school year, it released abudget primer for folks to better understand district finances.
The information spells out where the district has been and where it's going.
In addition to the 2009-10 budget and the coming year's budget, the district offers a 12-page retrospective dating back to its birth as a unified district in 1996.
For those with little time, or a short attention span, there's a two-page "Budget Situation in a Nutshell" as well as a question and answer section. Don't worry, there's also a glossary of financial terms.
Last week, the Hillsboro School Board approved a $176 million general fund budget for the coming