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Stafford County staff present FY2026 budget; schools account for majority of spending
Summary
County Chief Financial Officer Andrea Light told the Board of Supervisors the proposed FY2026 "all funds" budget exceeds $1 billion, with school expenditures making up the largest share; staff flagged one-time school funding, a small debt refunding savings and a schedule of special service-district funds.
Andrea Light, Stafford County’s chief financial officer, gave a brief presentation of the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget at a special-called Board of Supervisors meeting and public hearing on the budget.
Light said the county’s proposed all-funds budget exceeds $1 billion and that the largest single share of spending is tied to the school division. “59.5% of all of the expenditures of our all funds really relate to schools,” Light said. She added that, across all funds, property tax makes up a significant revenue source, and that roughly “32% of those are property tax.”
Light walked supervisors through the general fund breakdown, saying the school division accounts for roughly half of general fund expenditures while public safety is the second-largest single category. She also outlined items in the proposed budget that county staff expect to change between the proposed and adopted…
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