District overview
Knox County Public Schools
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How the district is funded and governed
The Board adopts budgets, taxes, facilities actions and district policy. The FY2027 working budget lists $67.455 million in planned resources across funds, including beginning balances and transfers, with $51.038 million in Fund 1.
FY2027 working budget
$67,455,289.98 in planned resources across funds, including beginning balances and transfers; this is not a new-revenue figure.
FY2025 General Fund sources
Actual revenue comprised $8,973,762 local, $34,105,580 state and $213,519 federal revenue; total $43,292,861.
FY2026 unaudited results
$73,634,991.56 in total reported resources including beginning balances and transfers, and $68,284,205.26 in expenditures across funds including transfers; no operating surplus is inferred.
Independent audit
FY2025 audit reported no financial-statement, federal-program or prior findings.
Public participation
Policy 01.42 provides at least 15 minutes for public comment at regular meetings.
The official Board page's meeting table ends in July 2025, so no future recurring Board dates are claimed.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Career center, Central Office and Flat Lick facilities work
Official September 24, 2026 recap says the Board approved the presented facilities actionsThe Board recap records approval of a Career and Technical Center/Central Office bid and an emergency Flat Lick gym roof action. The collected recap does not establish a combined total project budget.
- Board recap records approval of the facilities actions.
Funding
Not established in the reviewed recap
Recent news
Reviewed all 33 stored official originals in full, including Board notices/outcomes, finance publications, current policies, governance appointments, and the districtwide USDA grant announcement.
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