ASHEBORO — Randolph County Schools finally has a budget for 2009-2010 after the school board passed a resolution Monday night.
School officials had to wait until a state budget was approved before finalizing their own.
County appropriations for the current school year total $17,914,132, an increase of $746,211 over last year.
Other local revenues bring the total to $25,592,884 for current expense.
State revenues for the Randolph County Schools are down about $9 million, to $90,449,476, according to Todd Lowe, finance officer.
On the plus side, federal grants appropriations are about $14 million more than last year, thanks to federal stabilization money.
However, Lowe said, most of the stimulus money is earmarked for specific programs.
The federal total of $26,808,075, child nutrition funds of $11,141,500 and capital outlay revenues of $12,457,225 added to local and state monies bring the total budget to $166,449,160.
Because of the difficult financial times in which a number of positions had to be eliminated, there was no money left to allocate to the fund balance, Lowe said.
The budget was approved unanimously by the board.
In other business, the board:
n Learned from Pat Foust, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, that the school system has been approved for a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant of $1,020,000.
The funds, to be provided over a four-year period, are designed for programs to enhance the academic, social and emotional well-being of students.
The money will be used in afterschool and summer programs, according to Foust. Agencies such as 4-H, Communities in Schools, law enforcement and others will be taking part in the various programs, some of which are already in place.
n Received an update by Superintendent Donald Andrews on the opening of schools.
Andrews said the projected enrollment had been 18,650. The first day of school there were 18,292 in attendance but the number increased to 18,640 by the fifth day and to 18,681 by Day 10.
Andrews said he felt the numbers will hold.
Enrollment is a determining factor in how much money the state provides to school systems.
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