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Okaloosa officials warn of enrollment drop under state model; district may face multi‑million-dollar adjustments
Summary
Staff briefed the board on February FTE counts and a state projection model that could lower funding by roughly 1,293 FTE in a projected scenario. Officials said declining seat-time, scholarships and virtual/dual-enrollment trends are driving the risk and that the district is preparing budget adjustments.
District staff on Wednesday gave a detailed briefing on full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts, state funding formulas and a state model that projects substantial enrollment declines for the 2627 school year.
The district’s FTE presenter cited Florida statute and the two annual FTE surveys (October and February), emphasizing that the February survey is the district’s current operational count. "FTE stands for full time equivalent," the presenter said while describing the statutory counting windows and how attendance and instructional minutes feed the formula.
Why it matters: state funding to Florida school districts is calculated using…
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