Cheney school board gets look at state funding

Cheney School District board of directors got a preliminary picture at their May 23 meeting of what life will look like under the state’s new funding package passed last year — which increases the state’s portion and decreases the level of local support.

In a presentation, the director of finance, Jamie Weingart, told the board that state only funding will increase next year — 2018-2109 — by almost $7.1 million, up from 2017-18 amount of $41.51 million to $48.6 million. That will go up again by $841,000 in 2019-2020 to $49.44 million.

A welcome increase, but Weingart warned it comes with a cav...