SARASOTA — Sarasota County Schools explored new ways Tuesday to solve a $4 million blow to its annual student funding budget next year.
School Board members also learned in a Tuesday budget update that if they cannot get the deficit solved, it could mean the loss of 30 teachers.
Though the declining student population was cited by the state for the county deficit, officials said the real reason lies in the state’s lack of guidelines and monitoring of the voucher system for its Family Empowerment Scholarship program…