Gap by cost line

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Health insurance puts $261,240 into the FY2028 gap from 14.9% of the school budget (ours).

Each line’s part of the gapour estimate

What leaves the FY2028 gap when that line alone grows at the levy cap. Tuition is below zero: it is held flat, under the cap.

1 · The facts

$261,240
health insurance’s part of the gap (ours)
our estimate
14.9%
of the school budget is health insurance (our grouping)
our estimate
$200,223
salaries’ part of the gap (ours)
our estimate
49.5%
of the school budget is salaries (our grouping)
our estimate
$217,775
special education in district, its part (ours)
our estimate
$8,860
everything else, its part (ours)
our estimate
6.6%
of the school budget is everything else (our grouping)
our estimate
3.0% a year
growth in everything else, assumed (ours)
our estimate
0% a year
out-of-district tuition growth, held flat (ours)
our estimate
$209,931
the FY2028 gap if no line outran the cap (ours)
our estimate
$567,053
spare in FY2032 on the same path (ours)
our estimate

2 · What it shows

1
Salaries are 49.5% of the school budget and put in $200,223; size alone does not rank a line.
2
Everything else is 6.6% of the school budget, growing 3.0% a year, and puts in $8,860.
3
With no line above the cap, FY2028 is still $209,931 short; FY2032 has $567,053 spare.

Size against growth, by line (ours)

	Share of budget	Assumed growth	Part of the gap
Health insurance	14.9%	9.00%	$261,240
Special education, in district	20.3%	6.48%	$217,775
Salaries	49.5%	4.00%	$200,223
Transportation	3.9%	6.00%	$36,868
Utilities	2.2%	5.00%	$15,138
Everything else	6.6%	3.00%	$8,860
Out-of-district special education	2.6%	0.00%	-$17,504

Share of the FY2027 cost base, the growth model.json assumes, and the part of the FY2028 gap each line puts in.

1 · The facts

2 · What it shows

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