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Education department outlines QBE adjustments, school security grants and scholarship funding needs
Summary
The Department of Education briefed the committee on multiple amended FY25 changes including QBE digest cleanups, a $21,635 per-school security grant program (about $50 million total), adjustments to special needs scholarship funding, and other formula and grant changes.
A Department of Education presenter reported several amended FY25 budget changes affecting local school systems, charter schools and statewide student supports.
Key items presented included a $265,000 transfer relating to charter schools (pursuant to House Bill 318), a roughly $24 million reduction tied to a digest cleanup for Gainesville City and Hall County, and formula adjustments that reflected a net increase of about 1,308 new full-time equivalent students across the state…
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