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Gwinnett board tentatively adopts $3.53 billion FY27 budget, holds millage rate steady
Summary
The Gwinnett County Public Schools Board tentatively adopted the superintendent’s FY27 recommended consolidated budget — about $3.534 billion — with no increase to the property tax millage. The plan preserves reserves, reduces central office costs and allocates new dollars for pay, literacy and mental-health supports.
The Gwinnett County Public Schools Board of Education on a voice vote tentatively approved the superintendent’s recommended FY27 consolidated budget, a spending plan the district presented as balanced and student-centered and that the board advanced for final adoption following two public hearings.
Chairwoman Therese Johnson Morgan moved to tentatively adopt the budget, which the motion described as the recommended total expenditure amount of $3,534,459,092, and noted the action follows required public hearings on May 14 and May 28. The motion was seconded and passed by voice with four ayes and one nay.
District presenters said the budget holds the district’s millage rate steady — 18.7 mills for maintenance and operations and 1.45 mills for debt service — and maintains contingency reserves. “The FY27 budget is balanced,…
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