Public schools across the Flathead Valley are facing unprecedented budget crises as the lapse of pandemic-era federal aid, inflation and an unwillingness by local taxpayers to pass school levies converge, leaving districts unable to pay for critical staff and programs. From Kalispell to Somers, school administrators are struggling to piece together budgets for the 2024-25 […]| Flathead Beacon
Amid ongoing conflicts between school districts, elected officials and taxpayers over who is responsible for funding public schools in Montana, experts are pushing for a reconfigured appropriations formula that they say will relieve the burden on taxpayers while better serving schools. Each school district in Montana currently sets the rate at which it taxes local […]| Flathead Beacon
Kalispell voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected four proposed levies that would have funded safety and technology infrastructure in the Kalispell Public Schools. The failed levies marked a defeat for the district in its efforts to bolster programs that fall outside of traditional funding mechanisms and signaled a reluctance by voters across the Flathead Valley to […]| Flathead Beacon
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