Featured image of article: No. 9: Fund Balance Retention

by ConVal School Board Member Jim Fredrickson

February 10, 2021

The previous article in this series on District Finances discussed the three options for disposition of the remaining Fund Balance at the end of any given fiscal year:

  • Appropriations to Trust Funds (“Transfer”)
  • Retention of unassigned funds (“Retain”)
  • Returned to the taxpayers when they are utilized by the Department of Revenue Administration in calculating the local education tax rate (reduction of District Tax Assessment) for the following fiscal year (“Return”).

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Featured image of article: No. 8: ConVal Trust Funds

by ConVal School Board Member Jim Fredrickson

February 5, 2021

There are six separate Warrant Articles included on the March 9 ballot that are associated with increasing the balances of our District Trust Funds:

  • Appropriate to Special Education Reserve Trust Fund from Fund Balance
  • Appropriate to Building Capital Reserve Fund from Fund Balance
  • Appropriate to Energy Trust Fund from Fund Balance
  • Appropriate to Equipment Trust Fund from Fund Balance
  • Appropriate to Athletic Trust Fund from Fund Balance
  • Appropriate to Building Capital Reserve Fund from Fund Balance

All six of these Warrant Articles involve “Appropriations” from “Fund Balance”.

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