School board hears plan to use capital funds, line of credit to bridge school construction and FY25 budget gap

The Brevard Public Schools board on Aug. 12 heard a facilities funding briefing in which staff proposed moving eligible FY2025 salaries into the capital fund to improve the district’s FY25 financial position and described a likely short-term borrowing need to cover construction draws on several classroom‑addition projects.

The proposal matters because district staff said the one‑time transfer would shore up the general fund balance for FY25 and allow a more complete FY26 capital program. “We looked at a couple different options and that seemed to be the best option in that it shores up the general fund balance in FY 25 and it also allows us to have a relatively complete, program of capital projects in FY 26,” Sue Han, facilities staff member, told the board.

Han said the plan is treated as a one‑time solution and staff do not propose continuing the salary transfers into FY26; the FY26 capital program shown to the board excludes transferring salaries for bus drivers, bus mechanics and ET (educational technology) technicians, though it does continue maintenance salaries that the district has traditionally funded with capital.

Most immediately, staff described four capacity projects tied to impact‑fee revenue and capital funding: a separate day school at the Kennedy Middle School campus, a Westside Elementary classroom addition (on the board agenda that night), a classroom addition…