Slippery Rock School District was overpaid $59,588 by the state, according to a recent audit report, and a school official said this will not affect the budget.

According to previous reports, the overpayment came as a result of a few mistaken categorizations of students during this year's regularly scheduled audit. Several students were listed as “foster,” or non-resident students, by mistake.

According to Paul Cessar, business manager of the school district, the issue will be corrected by the state withholding the funds from non-resident student subsidy.

“The students who were incorrectly listed as non-resident students, the funds we received from the state will be put in the basic education subsidy instead,” Cessar said. “We will get subsidized for those students.”

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