The Catalina Foothills School District unveiled a $3.2 million proposed capital budget that includes additional money for the Elementary Spanish and full-day kindergarten programs the district implemented this year.
A portion of the district's unrestricted capital budget for 2007-08 has been devoted to school supplies and instructional aides for the programs.
The school district presented the unrestricted- and soft-capital budgets as well as the building-renewal fund on Sept. 25 during a regular governing board meeting. The board will vote to approve the budgets at its meeting Tuesday.
The unrestricted budget includes override and Capital Outlay Revenue Limit money, as well as interest earnings. This money can be used for capital costs that include textbooks, classroom supplies and maintenance projects.
About $770,000 of the unrestricted money is new, including $600,000 in capital-override funds and almost $180,000 in capital-outlay money. The rest of the money was carried over from last year's capital budget, said district director of finance Sandra Thompson.
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More than $1 million of capital-outlay money was transferred this year to the maintenance and operations budget, Thompson said. The district has a $28.7 million maintenance and operations budget.
The district spent $12,500 in unrestricted capital money on flash cards, textbooks and other learning aides for the Elementary Spanish program, and almost $36,000 on furniture, equipment and instructional aides for the full-day kindergarten program.
The soft-capital budget allots money for textbooks and supplies, based on student enrollment and the building-renewal fund is dedicated to school repairs and maintenance, she said.
The district has about $2.6 million allocated for the soft-capital budget, including about $1.5 million carried over from last year, she said.
About $1.7 million of the soft-capital money is allotted for language arts, social studies, math and science supplies.
The district will spend almost $480,000 on school bus leases this year, including $1,770 to transport incoming freshmen to an orientation program, she said.
The district has not received money for the building-renewal fund, but Thompson created a budget based on last year's totals, she said.
The district received more than $398,000 last year and has about $180,000 left over for this year, she said. Most of the schools will receive repairs, restoration or new equipment.
Some projects, such as the exterior painting and sealing at Esperero Canyon Middle School, are completed, said facilities director Basil Callimanis.
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