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District staff warn enrollment drop is shrinking revenue and shaping rezoning plans for Citrus Springs area
Summary
District staff presented official FTE enrollment counts showing a year-over-year decline that they said reduces per-pupil revenue by roughly $8,915 per student and is a factor in planned rezoning and decisions about new school construction and hardening costs.
District staff presented updated full-time-equivalent (FTE) enrollment figures and warned that an enrollment decline this school year is reducing state-generated revenue and influencing rezoning and construction plans in the Citrus Springs area.
The session opened with a printout of weekly and historical enrollment counts that staff described as the official numbers used for FTE funding. “The unweighted student FTE is…$8,915,” a meeting facilitator said while explaining the figures. The facilitator later summarized the district’s change in counts: “for just this year, we’re down 559 from last year to start base schools.”
Why it matters: state funding allocated per FTE drives the district’s operating revenue. District staff said the combination of a multiyear enrollment decline and localized pockets of growth affects where space is available and whether the district can justify state funding for new construction. “We have two…
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