Southern Lehigh Board of Education Budget and Finance Committee Sets the Agenda, Presents New Proposal Documents

The Southern Lehigh Board of Education budget and finance committee met Feb. 9, according to Jim Snell, Director of Business & Personnel Services, "primarily to set the agenda for the March 12 seminar." One of the new items on the agenda was governor Tom Corbett's

The committee discussed new information, such as a potential shift of federal funds, known as Edujobs, anticipated for the 2011-12 school year to the current school year."This money was to take the place of the ARRA [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act] funds we were receiving, which have now run their course," said superintendent Joe Liberati.

The Edujobs funds, which are a one-year grant providing startup money for 160,000 education jobs throughout the country, may be released early to cover the state funds schools had already budgeted for. At the meeting, Edujobs was not without it's critics. "If the money only for one year of teacher's salaries, what are supposed to do then?" said board president Mike Eddinger.

The following documents were handed out at the meeting:

The for the budget and finance committee, which included a list of documents under review for the March 12 meeting.

A detailed explanation of the . These documents reflect the request from the Board of Education for a more detailed version of the prior document.

A document showing the(BEF) Southern Lehigh  received from 2006 to the present, as well as potential funding for the upcoming 2011-12 school year.

The board will meet again Monday, Feb. 14 at 7:30pm  for a general meeting.