The Yankton School Board took the first public steps this week to working out their budget for the 2017 school year.
Business Manager Jason Bietz says the new funding formula will be a major change…..

Bietz says there will be some minor changes before the board approves the budget later this year…..

Bietz says the new funding formula, along with staff reductions have helped them close the deficit gap…..

Bietz says the overall general fund spending will be about seventeen point three million dollars.