School Budgets Increase Slightly Countywide for 2021-2022

Yearly budgets for public school in Jefferson County increased slightly from the 2020-21 school year to this school year, 2021-22.

Budgets were finalized by each school before the school year started and, as a formality, the Jefferson County Commission approved the budgets at the September 14 County Commission meeting.

The total budget for each school is comprised of ten different funds: the general fund, transportation, bus depreciation, tuition, retirement, adult education, non-operating, technology, flexibility, and building reserve. All of the schools’ non-operating budgets for this year a...