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Resources! Budget/governance issues from Spring 2026 * FY24 audit flags enrollment overestimate * Whoops, mistaken carryover cuts into fund balance * FY27 budget projects a $2m deficit * A spreadsheet error (budgeting in
We look at a district where the annual budget seems to be in pretty good shape -- but where bigger issues around district consolidation, building closures, and state-level policy changes
Welcome to the inaugural meeting. Budget Committee! is a podcast about the least glamorous, most consequential part of public education: the money. Each episode we take a listener’s school
In this episode, we talk school district boundaries, funding mechanisms, and structural challenges, using Williamson County and Franklin Special District in Tennessee as case studies. We dissect how historical laws,
Hickman Mills C-1 is facing a triple whammy: Property assessment issues, evaporating ESSR funding, and an adverse audit finding. What's going on? Some resources! District website NCES
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