The fiscal future of public education in the District of

What are the sources of growth in the District’s public school budgets? The expiration of federal fiscal aid, combined la determines the budgets based on factors with a weakening revenue picture and lack- such as the number of students, their grade luster enrollment growth, points to a loss of levels, and specific student characteristics. [...] During the same period, average per-student About two thirds of the growth in formula funding that public schools received through funding has been driven by the increases the the funding formula (after the application of District made to the foundation-level funding. [...] This document es- that while the city ended the fiscal year timates the funds needed to support the with a surplus of $419 million, the city’s same level of services in the next year, financial position weakened compared to excluding one-time programs. [...] The authors are also grateful to the Office of the Chief Financial Offi- cer, District of Columbia Public Schools, the DC Charter School Alliance, and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for the data they shared as well as the obser- vations they offered. [...] [6] This information is from the fiscal impact statement prepared by the Office of Revenue Analysis on the Compensation and Working Conditions Agreement between the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union, Local #6 of the American Federation of Teachers Approval Resolution of 2023.