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Clayton County board hears FY27 budget preview showing roughly $23.5 million gap; leaders weigh cuts and use of reserves
Summary
Finance staff told the Clayton County Public Schools board the proposed FY27 budget shows a $23.5 million shortfall and projected reserves falling to about 1.7 months if current assumptions hold. Board members discussed vacancies, consolidation, travel and vehicle use as potential savings while seeking a multi-year strategy and deeper committee review.
Ramona Bivens, the district's finance lead, told the Clayton County Public Schools board that a preliminary fiscal year 2027 budget shows a gap of about $23.5 million and projects total revenue of $713.6 million against $737.2 million in expenditures. "We are facing right now where we are at 23,500,000 gap," Bivens said during the presentation.
The presentation laid out revenue assumptions and pressures: a conservative 3% property-tax growth assumption (about $10 million), declining interest earnings because of later tax receipts, increases in state health insurance costs and a 0.41 percentage-point rise in the employer contribution to teacher…
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