APS plans on $5M more from state
Atlanta’s school system stands to gain $5 million from added state spending on education, said Chuck Burbridge, the system’s chief financial officer.
The $5 million in additional money would contribute to revenue estimated at $610 million during next school year, Burbridge said Monday.
Atlanta’s Board of Education plans to pass a budget during April for the 2015 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
