Board Approves 2009-2010 Budget

At the June 23, 2009, Board of Directors meeting, the board voted to approve the resolution that accepted Superintendent Murphy’s proposed budget for the 2009-2010 school year. 

The budget was built around the state House and Senate’s budget that, all-told, reduced state funding to Federal Way Public Schools by $10.1 million next year. Compounding the district’s loss in funding from the state is a decline in enrollment, currently estimated to amount to 400 students by the start of the next school year. That adds $2 million to the budget shortfall the district will experience in the coming year.

On April 28, Superintendent Tom Murphy presented a proposed budget for the Board of Directors’ consideration that details cuts in spending of $6.9 million.  A combination of additional funding -- in the form of a scheduled Education Programs and Operations (EPO) increase, federal stimulus dollars, and prior year unspent I-728 funds -- reduces the net staff and program cuts from $12.1 million to $6.9 million for the 2009-2010 school year.  Read more about the budget details.

Posted: June 24, 2009