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Deckerville Schools Using Funds to Cover a Shortfall
Mary Drier/Mike Kaufman
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:02:17 EST
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Deckerville School District's Business Manager Marsha Taylor presented an updated financial report during the last board of education meeting.
She reported there is a shortfall between revenue and expenses that will have to be covered by using fund reserves.
Revenues total $8,098,842 but expenditures are totaling $8,714,014 with the $615,172 shortfall.
The shortfall will have to be covered by using money from the general fund.
After doing that, the general fund balance will be $1,158,054 as of June 30, 2026, according to Taylor.
It is a challenge for school districts to draft a budget. By state law, schools are to have a budget adopted in June, which is several months before a district receives the next state aid payment, and before a district knows how much per pupil state aid it will receive and student enrollment numbers.
In other district matters, the board is considering going for a bond issue to fund several needed capital projects.
To help with that, the board approved hiring R.C. Hendrick as the construction management group to help with the preparation of a proposed bond issue on an election ballot to ask voters to support funding for some capital projects.
