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Broward superintendent warns of $94.7 million shortfall; hires and travel put on immediate freeze
Summary
Superintendent Howard Hepburn told the school board the district faces an estimated $94,700,000 hit from falling enrollment and rising costs and announced an immediate hard hiring freeze for most positions, tighter approvals for general-fund travel and limits on overtime while staff pursue contract and staffing reviews.
Superintendent Howard Hepburn told the Broward County School Board on Dec. 8 that the district faces a projected net negative fiscal impact of about $94,700,000 driven by a continuing enrollment decline and higher personnel and operating costs. "Based on our most recent data and projections, we anticipate losing approximately 3,600 additional students just this school year alone," Hepburn said, citing the district27s fall projections.
Hepburn said the figure compounds earlier losses and rising fixed costs and requires immediate action. Effective immediately, the district is moving from a nonessential hiring freeze to "a hard hiring freeze" for all district and school-based…
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