12/10/12 - State education officials are reviewing a recently filed budget deficit elimination plan by Pinckney Community Schools. The Board of Education met last week and unanimously approved sending its deficit reduction plan to the Michigan Department of Education. The district was required to file the plan by last Friday, marking the second go-round for Pinckney Schools since its first proposal was rejected by the state. The latest plan calls for across-the-board pay cuts of 20% to eliminate the projected budget deficit of $1.9 (m) million, which would need to be negotiated with union officials. Pinckney is the second deficit district as defined by the state in Livingston County. It joins Brighton Area Schools, which has been working for years to erase its âlegacy deficitâ inherited from past boards and administrations. Officials there had set a goal to eliminate the remaining $7 (M) million deficit by the end of the 2013/2014 fiscal year. (JM)
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