Sioux Falls School District in budget 'trim mode'

Sioux Falls School District in budget 'trim mode'

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - The Sioux Falls School Board is getting ready to approve next year's budget and as they look at the money, they say they are in trim mode.' At Wednesday afternoon's school board work session, Superintendent Jane Stavem said this is the first time since 2012 the Sioux Falls School District has been in a trim mode for the budget. She highlighted some of the variables. State employee charged with 12 counts of child p…

Sioux Falls School District proposes $3M in budget cuts to cover lagging federal funds

More than $3 million in budget reductions across 32 line items this year were proposed in Wednesday afternoon's meeting.

Sioux Falls School District begins ‘trim mode’ as federal and state aid shrinks

The Sioux Falls School District is cutting the budget for the first time since 2012 because of the end of federal pandemic aid and slim increases in state funding. Superintendent Jane Stavem told the School Board on Wednesday they were in “trim mode.” Funding related to Covid has run its course and the state Legislature provided a 1.25 percent increase per pupil despite inflation at about 3 percent. On top of that, she said student enrollment ha…