The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District approved the budget for the 2018-19 school year at the final school board meeting of the 2017-18 year on Wednesday. Chief Business Official Tim Rahill noted there were no changes to the budget from the May 31 meeting when a public hearing was held. Rahill said […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of June 10, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Benicia School Led In Stamp and Bond Sales for County (June 10, 1943) County Superintendent of Schools has announced the following stamp and bond sales for Solano County schools other than Vallejo City schools. Benicia elementary schools lead in the county in sales of stamps and bonds with […]
BUSD CBO: One-time surplus of $88K anticipated in 18-19 school year
Budget numbers for the Benicia Unified School District are expected to fluctuate over the next few years, but Chief Business Official Tim Rahill is optimistic about next year when the district is projected to have a one-time $88,000 surplus. The latest budget update was provided in a public hearing at Thursday’s school board meeting. Rahill […]
BUSD budget among items on packed school board agenda
Thursday’s school board meeting will be the last of the 2017-18 year while school is in session— and if the agenda is any indication, it will be the busiest of the entire year by far. One of the biggest items is a public hearing on Benicia Unified School District’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 school […]
School board OKs 2nd interim financial report
The school board approved Benicia Unified School District’s second interim financial report at Thursday’s school board meeting. According to Chief Business Official Tim Rahill, BUSD’s revenue for 2017-18 is at $44.4 million. Thirty-seven percent of the revenue comes from the Local Control Funding Formula, 6 percent comes from local and other funds, 5 percent comes […]
Second draft of BUSD financial report up for review
Tim Rahill, Benicia Unified School District’s chief business official, will be presenting the second interim financial report at Thursday’s school board meeting. The report shows, among other things, that BUSD is operating at a $1.9 million deficit. At the Dec. 14 school board meeting, Rahill presented the first interim financial report which was approved by […]
BUSD business chief: $800K needed for balanced budget
Benicia Unified School District would need to make $800,000 in ongoing adjustments for its budget to break even, Chief Business Official Tim Rahill reported at Thursday’s school board meeting. On Jan. 10, Gov. Jerry Brown announced his final January budget proposal. After gathering information from the proposal, Rahill said BUSD would need to make $800,000 […]
School board approves financial report, suggests serious look at budget
The school board voted to approve the 2017-18 first interim financial report at its Thursday meeting. The contents of the report were presented and summarized by Chief Business Official Tim Rahill. He noted that the general fund was budgeted at $50.5 million, 86 percent of which comes from the state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), […]
First interim financial report up for school board review
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will hear a discussion and then vote on the district’s 2017-18 first interim financial report at Thursday’s school board meeting. The district provides the report using information from the budget adopted by the state in June along with the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) as well […]