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District financial report: Gilbert Public Schools posts budget increases, new three-year school-safety grant
Summary
Associate Superintendent Bonnie Betts told the board the district's final revised budget increased after higher weighted student counts and a Department of Education district-assistance supplement; the district also received a new three-year school-safety grant averaging about $313,000 annually.
Associate Superintendent Bonnie Betts presented the districtmonthly financial report for the month ended April 30, 2025, to the Gilbert Unified District governing board on May 20.
Betts said the district realized an increase in maintenance-and-operations revenue of about $300,000 between budget revision 2 and revision 3, primarily because of additional weighted student counts. She said the Department of Education posted a one-time district additional assistance supplement that increased the budget by "just over $1,500,000," and that unrestricted capital was increased by the same amount.
On federal grants, Betts summarized ESEA Title programs: Title I and Title IV support…
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