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Tuscaloosa schools finance chief: district tracking to budget but missing $5 million in expected SSU tax
Summary
At a March 3 board meeting, CSFO J. Duke said the district’s spending is close to plan three months into the fiscal year but flagged an expected roughly $5 million shortfall in SSU tax revenue and outlined upcoming capital projects including a Central High track refurbish and a Woodland Forest Elementary roof replacement.
CSFO J. Duke told the Tuscaloosa City Schools board on March 3 that the district’s finances are generally tracking to plan three months into the fiscal year, but he warned the board the district is not receiving about $5 million in expected SSU tax revenue.
Duke said property-tax receipts and sales-tax receipts are near budgeted levels after the first quarter. “We’re kind of about where we thought we would be,” he said. He described sales tax as “flat” compared with the last four years and said car-tag tax collections are roughly in line with…
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