PHILLIPS – The MSAD 58 school board is expected to finalize a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year in their meeting on Monday, April 22. This year’s budget season has presented some interesting challenges with changes in funding and revenue sources. This week, Superintendent Laura Columbia discussed some of those challenges with the Bulldog. The school district uses four main sources of revenue to fund the operating budget for the year, Columbia said. One revenue source, the state funding, is for essential programs and services (EPS) which is defined as the programs and resources that are essential…
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