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Board hears FY26 budget kickoff as staff flags enrollment and pay plan pressures
Summary
Superintendent and finance staff presented the FY26 budget timeline and landscape, noting a $77.8M operating budget, that 85% of spending goes to salaries/benefits, rising homeschool exemptions and $9,100 state funding per student as key drivers for revenue and compensation planning.
Gloucester County School Board members heard a detailed FY26 budget kickoff Tuesday that highlighted the division’s revenue mix, spending pressures and a timetable tied to the governor’s budget and statutory deadlines.
Finance staff reported the division’s operating budget at about $77.8 million: roughly $43.9 million from the state, $30.4 million from the county, $3.3 million federal and about $200,000 from other local sources. The presentation emphasized that roughly 85.3% of the budget is consumed by salaries and benefits and that…
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