FY27 budget presentation projects $126 million in revenue and highlights district funding pressures

What happened

At its Sept. 17 presentation, Calhoun County School District outlined a planned FY2027 budget with about $126 million in projected total revenue. The presentation included a 2% salary increase, a $1.4 million increase in transportation operations funding, and $10 million in general-fund capital outlay, but also identified roughly $600,000 in local costs for the state school-nurse program and a decline in advancement-and-technology funding to about $6 million.

Why it matters to families

The plan describes districtwide funding available for salaries, transportation, technology and capital work, while showing that some mandated services and volatile state funding will require local support. The presentation was for public input and does not establish that the budget had been finally adopted.

The evidence

Official Board Meeting 09/17/2026 transcript (document 86005): officials presented the FY2027 budget for required public hearings; projected total revenue at about $126 million; said transportation funding would increase by $1.4 million; identified $10 million in general-fund capital outlay; said advancement-and-technology funds were about $6 million and could fall in a future budget year; and estimated the school-nurse program's allocation at just under $1 million against costs of about $1.5 million, leaving nearly $600,000 locally funded.

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