The Tri-County Interlocal is investigating a budget shortfall with their current fiscal year budget. Tri-County provides special education services and is made up of seven school districts Coffeyville, Independence, Caney, Cherryvale, Fredonia, Neodesha and Parsons.
Coffeyville Superintendent Dr. Craig Correll says the director of Tri-County came to the seven district superintendents about concerns with the budget. The total assessment for Tri-County is arround $1.3 million. Dr. Correll says the director asked the districts to provide an additional 10% on top of the 10% they were already providing to help recover the funds.
Coffeyville had planned to hold negotiations with the teaching staff on June 17th but that has been postponed until they get a clearer picture on what this Tri-County budget will look like. A audit of the budget is being done currently by Greenbush.
