To increase revenue, the district will raise fees for students to park on campus. A final budget hearing is scheduled for Sept. The district will know more about final salary projections at the final FY 2023 budget presentation in September, Rodino said. Rodino said this number is tentative as some contracts are still being negotiated. “We always look at instruction as the top priority, so anytime we are looking at reductions, we try to keep that out of the classroom,” Rodino said. Rodino said there was an emphasis on “values-based budgeting,” with priorities including avoiding personnel layoffs and maintaining a reasonable student-to-teacher ratio. Overall salaries are set to increase by about 4% due to employment contracts and expected salary increases for non-union employees. Of the expenses, 68% is set aside for salaries. The majority of the operating revenue for FY 2023, 83%, will come from property taxes. The 2022 financial year’s budget marked a 4.8% increase from FY 2021. The FY 2023 tentative budget proposal noted that a 2-3% increase from the previous year’s budget is typical.
“This year we are still dealing with the economic as well as mental health and loss of learning effects of the pandemic, worldwide distribution problems that have driven up costs, labor shortages in all sectors of our economy, war in Ukraine, rapid inflation and the risk of a recession,” Witherspoon wrote In a letter addressed to the board that accompanied the proposed budget, Superintendent Eric Witherspoon referenced several factors that impacted the increase.
The board unanimously supported the increased budget in a 6-0 vote, as board Vice President Monique Parsons left the meeting early due to a scheduling conflict.Ĭhief Financial Officer Mary Rodino said the almost 4% increase was “pretty reasonable” considering rising costs nationwide. The Evanston Township High School District 202 school board approved a tentative budget of $99.2 million on Monday, a 3.5% increase from last year’s budget, for Fiscal Year 2023.
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