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Proposed Hall Schools budget: $21M in CARES funding, millage rate decrease

By AccessWDUN staff
Posted 4:32PM on Monday 7th June 2021 ( 3 years ago )

A vote on the Hall County School District budget for Fiscal Year 2022 won't happen until June 28, but District Superintendent Will Schofield unveiled the spending plan to the public Monday afternoon. 

Schofield also released a video earlier in the day, sharing what he said is good news for taxpayers, while at the same time issuing words of caution about the additional $21 million in revenue that the district will have to work with in the new year. The allocation is coming from CARES III funding.

"There is $21 million, and this is temporary money that will be an increase to our revenues in this year's General Fund," Schofield said. "We are going to be very careful not to make the mistake of putting mechanisms or salary increases in place that we cannot sustain with this temporary money. We're going to use it as it was intended and that is to try to mitigate the learning loss that our students have certainly experienced due to the pandemic."

Schofield said he and the school board also want to see CARES funding used for programs to help with increased mental health issues students have experienced during the ongoing pandemic. 

Highlights of the budget include:

Public hearings on the budget are scheduled on June 14 and June 21 at 5 p.m. at the district's central office on Green Street. 

Those documents include an FY22 Budget Summary, FY22 Budget Details, and the CARES III Budget. The final budget and millage rate will be adopted on June 28, 2021 at the district’s regular board meeting.

Follow this link to read details of the budget and to see the video released by Will Schofield. 

 

 

 

Hall County School District Superintendent Will Schofield

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