After months of debate about what cuts to be made, the Clark County School District was able to pass a budget for the 2017-2018 school year yesterday.
The board of trustees finalized the budget at their meeting last night after months of back and forth about how to handle a $60 million shortfall.
They were able to do so without any additional cuts to the number of teachers. To prevent further job cuts, the trustees lowered the district’s ending fund balance.
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The new budget has almost $48 million less in resources and $23.7 million less in expenditures. Union teachers were also present at the board’s meeting, in what they called “Caroling for a new contract” as the two sides are currently in arbitration.