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Board review: Hopkins moves from expenditure-based budgeting toward enrollment-driven revenue model after 2021 equity audit
Summary
Board members reviewed progress in business services to address findings from a 2021 equity audit. District staff described a shift from a historical expenditure model to a revenue-driven allocation tied to enrollment and predictable staffing, and increased allocation of compensatory funds back to generating schools.
The Hopkins Public Schools Board received an update on May 6 on steps the district has taken to implement recommendations from a 2021 systemwide equity audit, focusing on changes in business services and budgeting.
Superintendent Mary Pirie Reid framed the presentation and Dr. Brown summarized the audit's original findings, which flagged that historic annual budgets prioritized historical expenditures and inflation rather than building-specific enrollment and needs, and that principals reported limited local control over school-level allocations.
Director Chapinduca told the board the district has moved toward a revenue-driven budgeting approach since fiscal year 2022. Under that approach, the…
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