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MNPS presents $1.2 billion operating-budget overview, seeks $77 million 'bridge' to sustain ESSER-funded programs
Summary
Metro Nashville Public Schools leaders opened the FY25 budget process, outlining a roughly $1.2 billion operating budget, a proposed $77 million fund-balance "bridge" to sustain key ESSER-funded programs (nurses, tutoring, safety ambassadors), capital priorities, and personnel-cost projections; no board vote was taken at the first presentation.
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) officials on Monday presented an initial FY25 operating-budget overview that they said totals "a little over $1,200,000,000," and proposed using $77 million of the district fund balance to sustain nonrecurring ESSER-funded strategies as the district transitions to a recurring operating plan.
Dr. Battle, who opened the presentation to the board, framed the budget around four core tenets and said MNPS will focus on literacy, numeracy, social-emotional learning and attendance. "We have 4 core tenants that, really speak to, who we are, as a, school district," Dr. Battle said, adding the district uses a personalized student dashboard to track daily progress.
Chris Henson, introduced to the committee to walk through fiscal details, said the district received a 9% increase over the prior year and has funded continuity-of-operations items including classroom associates ($10.8 million), an administrative pay plan ($5.9 million), universal free lunch ($8 million) and a 4% cost-of-living adjustment funded in the current year. "Our current year operating…
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