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Duval schools hear midyear budget update, officials warn reserve will shrink without cuts or revenue
Summary
Superintendent and CFO presented a midyear finance update showing a projected decline in ending reserves driven by enrollment losses, rising salary costs and uncertainty in state funding; district set aside $5 million to soften potential shortfalls and discussed allowable fund transfers that currently mask structural gaps.
Dr. Whitaker, superintendent of Duval County Public Schools, opened a workshop briefing and turned the presentation over to Ron Fagan, the district’s chief financial officer, who delivered a midyear budget finance update.
“This is a midyear budget finance update. . . This is not the solve of $100,000,000. This is a midyear budget update,” Fagan said as he laid out projections and cash‑flow assumptions the district will use in coming budget workshops.
The presentation framed the district’s finances across six major funds—general, special revenue, food service, debt service, capital and internal service—and emphasized that the district’s projected ending general fund balance for 2024–25 will be materially lower than prior years. Fagan said the district currently projects an ending fund balance in the range of roughly $100 million, down from about $171 million at the end of the prior year, and that the roll‑forward of that lower balance will reduce the starting point for the 2025–26 budget.
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