Atlanta schools poised to pass $658M budget
The Atlanta school board plans to vote Monday on next year’s $658 million budget, a plan that increases spending by $63 million compared to this year.
The budget includes $15 million for pay raises, $4.5 million to eliminate three furlough days and $71 million for charter schools, an increase of $29 million over last year’s budget because of rising charter school enrollment and an upswing in tax revenue.
The budget relies on spending $25 million from reserve funds, which are projected to have a balance of $83 million at the start of the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
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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.
