The Aurora Public Schools District Board of Education is set to take another step Tuesday toward approving a final budget for the 2011-12 school year.
The board is scheduled to approve a draft copy of a proposed budget totaling more than $513 million for the coming school year during its meeting on May 24. The document is one of the final steps before a final vote in June. APS officials are planning to address a funding gap of about $25 million with measures like furlough days and reductions in non-school and non-labor budgets.
In March, Chief Financial Officer Casey Wardynski presented an updated list of possible budget cuts, an itemized roster steered partly by input from district staff, parents and administrators. The list culled items from an original group of 40 possible measures released by the district earlier this year. Implementing four furlough days for a savings of almost $4 million figured in the latest group of proposed cuts.
