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Coweta County presents first FY27 budget workshop; 47 teaching positions reduced through attrition
Summary
At a May 12 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent for Finance Keith Chapman presented the first FY27 budget workshop, outlining projected revenues and expenditures, a projected $42.9 million reserve and the planned reduction of 47 teaching positions through attrition; the board emphasized these are projections until official state numbers arrive.
Keith Chapman, assistant superintendent for finance, opened the board’s first FY27 budget workshop by walking members through Fund 100 revenue and expenditure projections and the assumptions behind them. He said the system’s current-year revenues are “just over $312,000,000” and presented a draft projection of total general-fund revenue near $320.7 million with projected expenditures of approximately $321.8 million, leaving reserves projected at about $42.9 million (roughly 13.3 percent of budget). Chapman cautioned the figures are projections because the district has not yet received formal state funding numbers.
Chapman said the district expects a projected $3.6 million…
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