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Indian River schools face tight budget picture as FTE projections and state proposals vary
Summary
At a superintendent budget workshop, district finance staff laid out how student counts, recalibration and three competing state budget proposals will determine local funding; board members pressed for clarity on FTE counts, scholarship treatment and cash timing.
At a noon workshop, Indian River County School District finance director Mr. Greene walked board members through how student counts and the state funding formula will shape the district’s budget for 2026–27.
Greene said the district’s October full-time equivalent (FTE) count landed at 13,677 traditional FTE, with charter schools at about 2,285 and family empowerment scholarship students around 2,315. "The budget is calculated five times throughout the year," Greene said, and those calculations — including the July tax-roll…
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