Schools

State Owes Valley View Nearly $8M

School district awaits unpaid bills from Springfield.

In less than a month, the state has slacked on nearly $1 million worth of bills it was supposed to pay the Valley View School District.

According to district documents presented to the school board earlier this week, the state owes Valley View $7.98 million. That figure is up from the the state was left with last month.

Most of the money owed to the district is tied to transportation and special education funds.

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The state missed bills in three areas: special education, transportation and state free breakfast and lunch.

For a complete itemized list of owed bills, click HERE.

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Otherwise, here's a basic breakdown: 

Special education: $4.4 million

Transportation: $3 million

Bilingual: $327,423

Early childhood: $109,000

State free breakfast and lunch: $95,521


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