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RPS board approves balanced budget model changes, including 80/20 compensatory split and new central cost centers
Summary
The board approved three enhancements to the district's balanced budget model for 2026'27: move supplies budgets to flexible school-level funding, allocate 80% of compensatory education revenue to schools and 20% centrally (with set-asides for schools not eligible for Title I), and create central-office cost centers to improve transparency.
The Rochester Public Schools Board on Dec. 16 approved a set of enhancements to the district's balanced budget model that change how certain funds will be allocated in 2026-27.
Superintendent (presentation) withdrew an earlier recommendation to move school counselors into the flexible funding category after further analysis and consultation with counselors. The three enhancements the board approved were: moving supplies budgets into the flexible…
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