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93 of 132 school lines cut to zero were funded again later; the 39 that never were carried $181,180.
1 · The facts
132
lines cut to a printed zero, FY2015 to FY2022
93
funded again later
$734,469
those lines carried the year before
$553,289
of it came back on the same line
39
never funded again
$181,180
those carried when last funded
$23,682,594
school budget book total, FY2025
$125,505
of it on 5 staff lines, by our grouping
our estimate
164
lines that left the book altogether
—
whether a line that left the book stopped being funded
not published
2 · What it shows
1
93 of 132 lines cut to zero from FY2015 to FY2022 were funded again in a later year.
2
The 39 never funded again carried $181,180 when last funded, 0.8% of the FY2025 book total.
3
164 lines left the book altogether; for any one of them, absence is a fact about the document.
School budget lines cut to a printed zero, by year
Year
Cut to zero
Came back
Never again
Carried the year before
FY2022
20
5
15
$92,727
FY2021
13
6
7
$111,640
FY2020
13
9
4
$31,490
FY2019
19
14
5
$27,278
FY2018
18
16
2
$59,739
FY2017
26
22
4
$208,039
FY2016
12
10
2
$88,217
FY2015
11
11
0
$115,339
The district’s own budget books, restating each closed year. A line is net of grants and fees, and a budget line is not a programme.
What was said
“Covid relief money was used to hire a part- time school psychologist.”