The Iowa School Budget Review Committee has granted requests from the Farragut and Hamburg school districts for additional budget authority, allowing them to spend dollars beyond those typically allowed for general fund expenses.
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The requests don’t mean the districts won’t be forcibly dissolved, but it does allow leeway to work things out, most specifically where students in grade 6-8 will go to school. No matter the decision, the original Hamburg High School building will close.