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this year to $1.3 million for next year, a decrease of eight percent. State funds are expected to increase 3.4 percent in Fauquier County, 13.5 percent in Culpeper County, 15.7 percent in Warren County, 15.3 percent in Page County, and 18.1 percent in Madison County.
Two factors account for this decrease, Superintendent David Gangel said. The first is declining enrollment. A large portion of the funds from the state is “Basic State Aid.” These funds are based on average daily membership (ADM). The actual amounts are determined after reports are sent to the state in April, which compute the ADM through the month of March.
For the past two years Dr. Gangel has been building his budget based on an estimated ADM that is higher than the state has estimated for Rappahannock. For those same two years, actual ADM has been lower than he estimated, and after school began he realized that state funds wwould be lower than estimated. That forced cuts deeper into the budget during the past two school years.
During this current school year, the shortfall forced freezes on funds for instructional materials and supplies at both schools and in the central office.
With that experience, Dr.
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