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Board hears budget overview as legislators propose different funding scenarios; capital plan and projections adjusted
Summary
Business services updated the board on differing House and Senate proposals, enrollment and FTE projections, and a capital five‑year plan that anticipates slower tax and impact‑fee growth and certificates of participation (COP) debt to fund school construction.
Lee County School District business services staff briefed the board on budget assumptions, legislative differences, enrollment projections and capital planning at Tuesday's workshop, flagging uncertainty tied to the ongoing state legislative session and to statewide enrollment adjustments.
Kelly Letcher, director of business services, said the district's unweighted FTE projection was revised after the statewide enrollment conference: the staff's earlier projection of 11,917 unweighted FTE was adjusted to 11,007.25 (a reduction) based on statewide changes. Letcher said the enrollment conference reduced the district's ESOL projection by about 670 students and that the district had questioned that change but would proceed with the state…
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