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Davie County Schools warn loss of ESSER funds, charter growth and rising personnel costs will squeeze next year’s budget
Summary
District finance and senior staff told the school board the end of COVID-era ESSER funding, rapidly rising charter payments and growing personnel costs — health care, retirement and classified pay — will tighten next year’s budget and require prioritization at an April budget work session.
Davie County Schools officials told the school board that the district faces mounting budget pressure as federal ESSER funds wind down, charter-school payments have surged and personnel costs continue to rise.
Superintendent Clay Wallace and district finance staff presented a multi-part budget update that warned of immediate and ongoing constraints. Staff described ESSER funding as having provided a buffer that now ends and said the district must re-assess summer programs, professional development and other expense lines.
The presentation noted several specific drivers. District staff said charter-school spending has grown roughly 274% over three years, in part because virtual charter providers are now funded at the full local per-student amount (about $2,100 per student) instead of a reduced rate used previously. Staff also reported that the district’s…
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