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Charleston school budget workshop advances FY27 draft emphasizing literacy, WSF and CTE reclassification
Summary
District staff presented a proposed FY27 balanced general operating fund of $965 million, highlighted a $31M transfer increase to weighted student funding and a $6.5M CTE special revenue allocation, and said first reading will be recommended to the board on April 27; no action was taken at the workshop.
District staff on April 13 presented a proposed FY27 budget that they asked trustees to recommend for first reading at the April 27 board meeting, with a focus on expanded literacy funding and weighted student funding (WSF).
Mister Prentice, the district’s financial officer, told trustees the proposed general operating fund totals $965,000,000 and that transfers out — largely to the district’s weighted student funding program — increase by about $31,000,000. “So we are recommending a balanced budget for FY27, $965,000,000 general operating fund,” Prentice said. He emphasized the workshop was for questions and answers only: “Not today. No action out of this workshop,” he told the board.
Prentice said the FY27 package includes a $1.5 million expanded investment in literacy and that WSF — including literacy…
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