CAL BOE approves SBRC application

     The CAL Board of Education voted to approve the district’s School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) in order to increase its taxable authority, as the 2017 budget season approaches.
     Shared Superintendent Todd Lettow explained that the application to the SBRC was for several purposes that, if approved, would serve as a safety net for the school to continue financing certain educational programs.
     CAL’s enrollment increase would make the district eligible for $676; it’s open enrollment out of the district would make the district also eligible for approximately $70,000 and its amount of students who have not tested out of ELL programs after the state funded maximum of five years, makes the district eligible for approximately $22,000. Should the SBRC approve the application, CAL’s taxable authority would increase by approximately $93,000. It’s current taxable authority is approximately $1.05, which is down from $1.62 in 2009. CAL has been using its authority to raise property taxes to fund its programs.
     Read the full article in the November 23 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.