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USD 363 undergoes internal audit
Published 3/5/2010 in Local News
By RACHAEL GRAY
The Holcomb USD 363 Board of Education will be updated Monday night on an internal audit of its enrollment that holds more than $90,000 in state funding in the balance.
The audit was conducted by the Kansas State Department of Education.
The audit will give the school district a final count on its full-time equivalency numbers. In the funding formula school districts use, a student in first grade through high school is counted as one. Kindergarten students are counted as .5.
School districts receive more funding for some students, including at-risk students, bilingual students and students who are in vocational programs or ride the bus.
Superintendent Demitry Evancho said during a September 2009 head count that the district was two students over the 40 percent threshold for at-risk students that results in additional funding.
He said Friday that the head count could have been slightly higher and the district lost nine out of weighted enrollment for various reasons.
He will give the board the report during Monday's USD 363 board meeting.
The board also will discuss refinancing 2002 bonds that could gain $40,000 to $45,000 over the next five years if refinanced, Evancho said.
The board also will discuss the elementary school principal search.
The board accepted the resignation Phil Keidel, elementary school principal, in February.
Evancho said also in new business the district will approve the 2010-2011 school calendar and discuss out-of-state travel for football coaches who want to attend a camp.
Evancho said the district will allow the coaches to travel. The only expense coming from the district, Evancho said, is the use of a school vehicle.
"They're going to pay for 99 percent of it out of their own pockets. That's how desperate this time is," he said.
The board meeting will be held at 6:30 at the district office, 305 Wiley St., Holcomb.
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