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Bessemer Board of Education approves 2024-25 budget

By MEGAN HUGHES

news@yourdailyglobe.com

BESSEMER — The Board of Education for Bessemer Area Schools has approved the district’s budget for the 2024-25 fiscal school year.

Following is a summary of some of the numbers that were approved as presented in the board’s June meeting:

The Bessemer Area Schools have projected a $6,376,353 budget with expenses of $5,176,149. This included a budget of $40,000 for school computer upgrades that are planned for the upcoming year.

Also approved at the meeting were final numbers for the 2023-24 school budget.

The total 2023-2024 budgeted revenue was $6,458,97...