COOS BAY -- The Coos Bay School District is close to wrapping up its $34.2 million budget for next school year.
While districts get more money from the state in the second year of the biennium -- and even more this year with the legislature's $100 million added during the Sept. 30 special session -- Coos Bay's funding will barely increase in the 2014-2015 school year.
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