Questions from City Council: EQA audit

Councilor Toomey to the administration: grants next year?
No increases, or minimal increases, or huge decreases next year

1.8% (without inflation)
5% with inflation

Most perplexing is Title 1; it's going down every year. They increase the demands, and they decrease the money.

Councilor Toomey: "We need to totally look at how we fund education at all levels."
"Several areas I saw in the (EQA) audit...is this budget we're going to be approving adequently address the areas of need in this audit?"
The superintendent says yes.