What is the difference between the district’s general education budget and the categorical budget?
The overall district budget is approximately forty million dollars that accounts for all services and staff in the district. Fifty-five percent ($22 million) of the forty million is from state and federal categorical allocations/grants/awards. The categorical budget is restricted and can only be used according to funding requirements. The rest of the budget (eighteen million) is from our state allocation for our general education programs. The $1.8 million dollar deficit can only come out of the general education budget of eighteen million.
