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57 school accounts closed FY2026 past their budgets; in FY2025, 4 did.
School accounts past budget at the close
Accounts past budget
FY2023
70 accounts
FY2024
52 accounts
FY2025
4 accounts
FY2026
57 accounts
Department 300, period 13 of each year: accounts whose own available column closed below zero.
1 · The facts
57
accounts past budget at the FY2026 close
$1,201,434
by how much, together
4
accounts past budget, FY2025
52
accounts past budget, FY2024
70
accounts past budget, FY2023
38
of the FY2026 past budget, given no transfer in
$811,010
past budget on the five largest overruns
$489,283
electricity and therapy, voted below spending, four years
$316,250
electricity, FY2027 budget (district workbook)
$319,109
electricity, paid in FY2026
2 · What it shows
1
57 accounts closed FY2026 past budget by $1,201,434; in FY2025, 4 did.
2
FY2023 and FY2024 closed like FY2026, with 70 and 52 accounts over.
3
38 of the 57 accounts past budget received no transfer in during the year.
4
Electricity and contracted therapy were voted below their spending in all four years held, by $489,283.
School accounts past their budgets at the close, by year
Year
Accounts past budget
By how much
Transfers in, gross
FY2026
57
$1,201,434
$394,929
FY2025
4
$22,275
$1,463,210
FY2024
52
$1,167,996
$486,257
FY2023
70
$753,697
$590,339
Past budget means the report’s own available column is below zero: budget less paid less still committed.