Student Activity Funds Replacing BEF School Accounts

At a glance

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What: the committee voted to establish a student activity fund at each school, plus separate funds for Brockton High athletics, arts, theater and band, replacing school accounts held under the Brockton Education Foundation (BEF) so they are run under district control, in the city's financial system.
Where it stands: approved by roll call. It is step one of a plan: later steps dissolve miscellaneous accounts and donate the money to the district for committee appropriation, and scholarship accounts stay with a restructured BEF.
Why: state agencies have asked about the arrangement, and the superintendent wants it fixed before any audit report. Principals remain responsible and annual reports will come to the committee; one account showing a negative balance was explained as a posting error. Members noted that future school restructuring would require deciding what happens to those accounts.