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Fairfax County School Board Budget

Friday, February 1, 2013

Early Ed, Achievement Gap Issues Dominate Budget Work Session

Restoring full day elementary on Mondays also discussed as Fairfax County School Board stares down Feb. 7 budget vote.

Amendments to Fairfax Superintendent Jack Dale's $2.5 billion proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget could direct more money toward head start and early learning programs, along with those that tackle the county's achievement gap, school board members said Thursday at a work session on the spending plan. Though board members are still in the process of drafting amendments to the budget, some gave a glimpse of what they hope to adjust next week before the plan is adopted and sent to the Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, a dozen speakers addressed the board with their own concerns about the proposal: that it doesn't adequately address teacher compensation, time or workload issues, a living wage for other employees like bus drivers, food service …

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Enrollment Drives $2.5 B Fairfax Schools Budget, Teacher Pay a Heavy Topic at Schools Hearing, Leaders Worry Fairfax Teacher Pay Won't Be Competitive, and 3 more ›

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Schools Find More Than $9 M for FY 2014 Budget

As the Fairfax County School board stares down $162 million deficit, midyear review funds will help boost next year's beginning balance.

Fairfax County Public Schools has found an extra $9.7 million in its Fiscal Year 2013 budget, much of which school board members voted Thursday night to set aside for its FY 2014 beginning balance — a budget year in which the system faces a $162 million deficit.  The money will increase next year's beginning balance from $41.6 million to $51.1 million.  School board members have been waiting for the outcome of a midyear budget review since the fall, as it began to grapple with a projected deficit of $93.7 million in Fiscal Year 2014, a number that doesn't include another $68.4 million shortfall in "significant program needs." At a joint meeting in November, Fairfax County Executive Ed Long said the county anticipates being able to give the…

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Fairfax Schools Face Nearly $150M Deficit in 2014, Supervisors, School Board Grapple with Budget Shortfalls, and Hardcopy Math Books to Return to Some Fairfax Classrooms

Michael Josef Basl

7:28 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012

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