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Page County board forwards $50.7 million FY2027 proposal to supervisors after cost‑mitigation reductions
Summary
Superintendent presented a FY2027 proposal with total revenue of $47,777,791 and a $50,712,312 spending request; the local funding ask is $2,934,500 after mitigation measures reduced prior requests from about $3.8M to $2.9M. The board approved forwarding the proposal to the Board of Supervisors and will revisit decisions in April as state figures update.
The Page County School Board on March 2 voted to forward the division’s FY2027 budget proposal to the Page County Board of Supervisors after the superintendent outlined mitigation steps that reduced the division’s local ask.
Superintendent (speaker 5) presented a final FY27 proposal and reminded the board that an adopted budget will not occur until May; the action taken at the meeting was to approve the proposal to present to the Board of Supervisors. The superintendent said projected FY27 revenue is $47,777,791 and the division’s FY27 request totals $50,712,312, leaving a local funding ask of $2,934,500.
The presentation reviewed cost‑mitigation work that lowered the prior $3.8 million local request to roughly $2.9 million. Measures included personnel realignment ($611,740 savings identified), transportation fleet reclassification ($150,000), health insurance cost‑sharing adjustments, and administrative scale realignment. The superintendent said: "So that is where we stand tonight is at 2,900,000 down from the 3.8 the last time we met." He added the division continues to monitor enrollment (ADM reported at 2,809) and that state revenue outlooks will not be clear until May.
Board members discussed the need for clear, repeatable budget slides to track changes, options for moving certain capital items to different funding sources, and contingencies if state revenue is different in May. The superintendent said the division will continue to update the board and recommended taking final action in April if state numbers remain unclear.
A motion to approve forwarding the FY27 proposal as presented was made and seconded; the board recorded the motion and instructed staff to present the package to the Board of Supervisors next week. The board also approved related resolutions read into the record (an adjustment to appropriate $45,383 of state awards and other categorical funding requests) and discussed possible caps if unexpended funds are to be moved into the CIP fund.
