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Lynchburg school board hears public on FY26 budget as division seeks $5.5 million from city
Summary
At a legally required FY26 budget public hearing, Lynchburg City Schools officials said the division requested $5.5 million from the city but has so far been allocated $2.71 million; board members warned state vetoes to the biennial budget could reduce support-staff funding and cost roughly $1 million and several positions.
The Lynchburg City Schools board held the legally required public hearing on the division’s fiscal year 2026 operating budget and heard public comment as officials outlined a continuing gap between what the division requested and what the city has signaled it can provide.
“It's just a quick update for everybody. We requested $5,500,000 from the city; current budget numbers have $2,710,000, so roughly 50% of what we requested,” Doctor Copeland, the superintendent, told the board during the budget discussion. “We have to wait for the governor and the legislature” to finish action on the state budget, he added.
The division’s chief financial presenter said the February month-end financials show revenue and expenditure timing differences but no new notable variances for the month. Board members also said recent action at the state level — a governor’s amendment to the budget — changed the calculation of a support-staff…
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