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FY 2010 Approved Budget
On May 21, 2009, the School Board adopted the FY 2010 Approved Budget totaling $2.2 billion. Changes from the FY 2010 Advertised Budget are detailed in the agenda item. Along with the Superintendent’s proposed revenue and expenditure adjustments, the School Board included the following amendments: (1) restoring funding of $0.6 million for Advanced Academic Centers and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student transportation and reducing the amount maintained in the energy volatility reserve by $0.6 million; and (2) increasing high school annual parking fees from $150 to $200 and allocating the additional projected revenue of $0.3 million to the staffing reserve; and (3) restoring funding of $0.4 million for transportation of all academy students and reducing the amount maintained in the energy volatility reserve by $0.4 million the budget passed unanimously.
Documents providing a review of these recommendations and additional information are:
FY 2010 Advertised Budget
On February 5, 2009, the Fairfax County School Board approved the FY 2010 Advertised Budget. Prior to adopting the advertised budget, the School Board held three work sessions and two public hearings. The FY 2010 advertised operating budget totals $2.2 billion, a decrease of $74.1 million, or 3.2 percent, from the FY 2009 estimate, and a decrease of $10.3 million, or 0.5 percent, from the FY 2009 Approved. During adoption, the School Board voted to make no adjustments to the FY 2010 Proposed Budget. The Advertised Budget includes a 3.5 percent increase in the county transfer, but an updated transfer request will be submitted before the presentation of the budget to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on March 30, 2009.
The Advertised Budget agenda item and press release are available.
FY 2010 Proposed Budget
On January 8, 2009, Superintendent Jack D. Dale has proposed a school system budget of $2.2 billion for FY 2010, a decrease of $10.3 million, or 0.5 percent, from the FY 2009 approved budget. When coupled with a projected growth in the student population of approximately 5000, total budget reductions and cost avoidances of $157.5 million result in the net loss of 248.1 positions.
The budget presentation, press release, FY 2010 Proposed Budget, and FY 2010 Proposed Budget Highlights are available.
FY 2009 Approved Program Budget
The FY 2009 Approved Program Budget details expenditures, positions, offsetting revenue, and net cost by program. It also includes a program description, method of service, an explanation of cost, and the program contact.
Budget Survey
Financial Services continually seeks to enhance the usefulness of FCPS budget documents. As part of our effort to strive for continuous improvements in the documents and services we provide, Financial Services has developed a customer satisfaction survey to gather information on how well the budget documents serve as decision-making and communications tools. We have also included this as an indicator for our department’s operational expectations.
The survey is included in each budget book and is available on the budget documents page of our website. We appreciate your feedback and assistance in enhancing the effectiveness of future budget documents.
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