Lack of funding at the State level has resulted in funding cuts for all of Missouri’s public schools. It stems from a decision by Gov. Nixon to not fund a $43 million mid-year funding boost called for under the school funding formula.
Locally, schools are having to regroup and reprioritize as they learn the impact – equal to 2% of their state funding. Neosho will stand to lose $300K-$400K as a result of the decision. Unlike planned cuts that are dealt with in future budgets, these cuts are part of THIS year’s budget. Dr. Richard Page, Supt. of Neosho R-5 told the Neosho Daily News:
“There is not a lot that you can do with some of the big expenditures that you have in the operations in the middle of the year, but we are going to have to look at some of the projects that we normally try to get done in the summer and probably cut back on some things and maybe some of the services through some of the other residual programs, not affecting the classrooms, but some of the other programs, that are just areas of support or areas on the fringe. I can’t really specify what those programs are.”
The good news is that Neosho’s school finances are stronger than many other districts around the state. That will help.
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