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Committee previews FY27 budget: WSF changes, Peninsula Promise initiatives and new special‑education investments
Summary
District staff told the Audit & Finance Committee they plan a FY27 balanced budget with a reduced use of fund balance, are reallocating about $12.3M of 'standard' positions into Weighted Student Funding (creating an add‑on of ~$471.31 per pupil), and propose targeted literacy (Read to Succeed) and special‑education investments including ~40 new special‑education FTEs and a day‑treatment pilot with MUSC.
District finance staff presented the FY27 budget preview and a set of proposed changes to how CCSD distributes dollars to schools.
Mister Prentice, a CCSD staff member, walked the Audit & Finance Committee through FY26 performance and FY27 assumptions, saying property tax revenue projections are largely on budget and that the district aims to balance the FY27 budget with a $15 million use of a committed fund balance rather than the larger amounts used in prior years. "Our goal at this point in time is to balance the budget with a $15,000,000 use of fund balance," he said.
A major policy change staff proposed is a reallocation of roughly $12.3 million of "standard" (non‑formula) positions into the Weighted Student Funding (WSF) model. Prentice said that redistribution…
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