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Albemarle school budget work session: county raft would divert $6.4M to capital, creating a $2.3M recurring gap

Albemarle County School Board · February 26, 2026
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Summary

Albemarle County Public Schools staff told the board the county executive—udget recommends redirecting $6.4 million of next year—unding to the county capital improvement program, reducing the school division—Y27 projected revenues and leaving a $2.3 million recurring gap to close; staff outlined where the cuts could come from and committed to follow-up detail.

Albemarle County Public Schools staff outlined the division—Y27 funding request and warned that a county executive recommendation would divert $6.4 million of shared local revenue into the county—apital improvement program, reducing the division raft funding request and creating a $2.3 million operating gap.

"That leaves $28,480,000 in shared revenues available for the split," Maya Kumazawa, director of budget and planning, told the board during a Feb. 26 work session. Kumazawa said the county proposal keeps a one-time $6.4 million transfer to the Board of Supervisors' CIP placeholders while still increasing the transfer to schools in other respects, resulting in a net $6.4 million reduction to the division's…

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