Next fiscal year’s funding for budgeted expenses, which begins July 1, from the Florida Education Finance Program, along with transfers to this year’s general fund and a balance the district is required to carry, is $959.3 million. The 2020-2021 total budgeted expenses were $933 million.
For the first time in more than a decade and after several years of begging by School Board member Lynn Wilson and school district lobbyist Wendy Dodge the Florida Legislature did not roll back the millage tax rate amount Polk County Public Schools is required to contribute. This year, taxpayers will provide $166.2 million, compared to last year’s $158.5 million.