Almost since the 2008/09 school year began, Lee County Public Schools has been working to plan for next year’s budget. And as has been widely publicized, the District was facing reductions anywhere between $40-$70 million.

For a while, like every other district in Florida, Lee County Public Schools was waiting to see what the State Legislature was going to do when creating the state’s 2009/10 budget. Things were constantly in flux and in some cases, changes were happening on a minute-to-minute basis. Lawmakers made adjustments, moved funds around from one area to another to limit – as much as possible – the affect it would have on public education.

With the final budget numbers in, our District is still facing millions of dollars in reductions, but it’s not the worst case as we had been planning for. That still means, however, that reductions are going to have to be made.

With the final budget numbers in from the state, the Superintendent of Schools has conducted three Community Budget Forums to provide information to our stakeholders on what the situation is currently.

The PowerPoint on this page provides the basic budgetary numbers; the reductions facing the District; a funding opportunity provided local school boards by the State Legislators; and more.

As new budget facts and figures become available, this page will be updated.

Previous Budget Information