EMPORIUM — School directors continue to deal with issues surrounding the ongoing state budget impasse, though a partial budget was approved more than a month ago.

Cameron County School District  Business Manager Carl Mitchell said the district has received all of what has been appropriated by the state so far, although he has heard that some other funding that has so far been relatively stable may soon disappear.

“We continue to receive monthly Social Security reimbursements, but we’re hearing that will go away. That’s about $37,000 per month,” Mitchell said.

Another “troubling” development concerns “Plan Con” reimbursements, which is money pledged by the state to reimburse school districts for approved construction projects often paid for through loans.

“That may not even get appropriated for the current year … The legislation didn’t get off the ground. If the state does not fund it … it will be about $360,000 of revenue we will lose that is in our budget,” Mitchell said.

Superintendent Christine Holjencin warned that if the money was taken off the table this year, it may not be reapproved in the future. “It could be a loss of a huge amount of money,” said Holjencin.

Mitchell said board members should contact state representatives to voice their concerns, and that there may be some sort of legal obligation due to the state having approved those projects prior to their construction.

Also reported was a reinvestment of approximately $800,000, part of the $1.1 million that had to be cashed in by Mitchell in order to keep school district running while districts across the Commonwealth waited for state funding held up by the stalled state budget.

In other news, the board accepted the resignation of Aaron Bowes, high school social studies teacher, effective March 23. Also accepted was the resignation of Terry Schwab as varsity wrestling coach, effective at the end of the current season.

The following individuals were added to substitute and volunteer lists, pending receipt of all necessary clearances: Randy Cooney as volunteer assistant baseball coach; Christine Fowler, Sandra Kossman and Peg Heckman as school/classroom volunteers; Grant Vassalo as substitute teacher and Debby Magaro as substitute custodian.

The board approved the use of services of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association Career Gateway to advertise for the position of superintendent at a cost of $475. The advertisement will be posted until it is filled at no additional cost, and will reach every school entity in the state through its School Boards Association affiliation. Mitchell said he looked in to other advertising services and they were much more expensive and would not give the ad as much exposure to its targeted audience.

Meanwhile, the board approved payment of the district’s bills in the amount of $510,848.40 from the general fund, and $15,526.10 from the capital project fund. The project fund expenditure was pre-approved for the purchase and installation of several windows at the elementary school to replace those in the worst condition currently. Replacement of old windows has been ongoing and will likely continue for some time. Many windows at Woodland were in poor condition, some with missing panels or broken sections that caused issues with heating and air conditioning.

The next regular meeting of the school board will be held at 7 p.m.  March 17. A workshop meeting will be held at 7 p.m. March 7. All meetings are held in the high school library.