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Committee holds charter school funding at FY25 levels; supplemental treated as part of new baseline
Summary
The Committee of the Whole reviewed FY2026 appropriations for Guam’s seven charter academies and kept funding at the FY2025 level, including last year’s supplemental, while rejecting new student cap increases due to no identified new funding.
The Committee of the Whole reviewed FY2026 funding for the seven Guam charter academies and left their appropriations at the FY2025 level, Office of Finance and Budget Director Steven Guerrero said, noting that the FY25 supplemental was incorporated into the FY26 baseline.
The funding decision affects the same seven charter schools funded in FY25. "We basically gave them a status quo level to their FY '25 appropriation," Guerrero told the committee, adding that the FY25 supplemental was included in the FY26 line so the agencies’ new budgets incorporate that one‑time funding.
Committee members pressed OFB on whether student…
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