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A detailed breakdown of how spending has changed by category is difficult to achieve because three years ago the state forced counties to conform their bookkeeping categories to state standards. But in the last three years spending for classroom instruction, executive administration, building services and transportation has increased slightly while spending for debt service, food services, vehicle maintenance and media services has stabilized or declined slightly.
Last year’s budget decreased by $30,000 from FY 199091, largely due to a 6.7 percent cut from Richmond. Federal funding, which this year amounts to $240,000, actually increased 10.7 percent from last year and is expected to rise again slightly this coming year. Dr. Gangel has been pushing faculty and staff to apply for more and more grants, and that strategy has already reaped rewards. But the lion’s share of Rappahannock Public School funds come from county property taxes, and that’s why the bottom line will be so closely scrutinized when the budget is unveiled in March.
89.2%