Hillsborough officials outline staffing-allocation process as board questions FTE, enrollment gaps

Hillsborough County Public Schools staff presented a year‑round staffing allocation workshop to the school board, explaining how the district converts enrollment and state funding projections into staffing units and how off‑cycle requests, data systems and choice programs affect claimed full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) counts.

The session detailed tools and routines used by finance and human resources, including the PC 2,000 report and an allocation review committee, and prompted board members to ask staff to reconcile differences between headcount enrollment, district reporting and the state’s FTE forecasts.

Jamie Lewis, chief financial officer, described the allocation process as continuous: “our number 1 goal is supporting our students, and our schools to to to fund and have the workforce needed to be efficient and effective in in every way that we can.” He said finance took position control back into the department in July 2023 and that the team has since launched an automated request system and a staffing allocation platform to improve spring and fall cycles.

Rebecca Reineke, general manager of the staffing allocation team, explained the PC 2,000 report and how the district uses it: “This is updated from in…