The Hood River County School District board approved a budget for the 2015-16 school year.  The budget includes a five percent ending fund balance, but also saw the district spend $800,000 to maintain the current level of programs.  Superintendent Dan Goldman says they created a biennial reserve fund to save for 2016-17 due to the state changing its plan for allocating school funds in the upcoming biennium from 49 percent in the first year and 51 percent in the second to a 50-50 split.  Goldman said if the state allocates more to K-12 funding than expected they would invest it in early literacy efforts, reducing class sizes, and school safety.