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Caroline schools outline FY26 budget priorities and open public hearing; governor’s proposals and VDOE tool add modest state funds
Summary
Finance staff presented FY26 priorities including compensation adjustments, exceptional education staffing increases and technology replacement needs and opened a public hearing; the VDOE planning tool added roughly $1.475 million in recurring state funds to district projections.
Caroline County Public Schools staff presented draft FY26 budget priorities at the Jan. 13 school board meeting and opened a public hearing that closed with no public speakers.
Dr. John Farley, Director of Finance, and budget staff reviewed the governor's proposed K‑12 amendments — described in the meeting as nearly $1 billion in new education funding amendments that would raise biennial state K‑12 spending to more than $22 billion — and said the VDOE planning tool released Jan. 7 yields about $1,475,000 in new recurring state funds for the division. The VDOE figures reflected allocations across compensation, English‑learner funding and sales tax/basic aid adjustments.
Staff described 49 budget requests…
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