School programs

Lines cut to zero

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93 of 132 school lines cut to zero were funded again later; the 39 that never were carried $181,180.

School lines cut to a printed zero
Funded again laterNever funded again
Funded again laterNever funded again
FY201511 budget lines0 budget lines
FY201610 budget lines2 budget lines
FY201722 budget lines4 budget lines
FY201816 budget lines2 budget lines
FY201914 budget lines5 budget lines
FY20209 budget lines4 budget lines
FY20216 budget lines7 budget lines
FY20225 budget lines15 budget lines

By the year the line went to zero, in the district’s own budget books. A line at zero is not a programme ended.

1 · The facts

  • 132

    lines cut to a printed zero, FY2015 to FY2022

  • 93

    funded again later

  • $734,469

    those lines carried the year before

  • $553,289

    of it came back on the same line

  • 39

    never funded again

  • $181,180

    those carried when last funded

  • $23,682,594

    school budget book total, FY2025

  • $125,505

    of it on 5 staff lines, by our grouping

    our estimate

  • 164

    lines that left the book altogether

  • —

    whether a line that left the book stopped being funded

    not published

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    93 of 132 lines cut to zero from FY2015 to FY2022 were funded again in a later year.

  2. 2

    The 39 never funded again carried $181,180 when last funded, 0.8% of the FY2025 book total.

  3. 3

    164 lines left the book altogether; for any one of them, absence is a fact about the document.

School budget lines cut to a printed zero, by year
YearCut to zeroCame backNever againCarried the year before
FY202220515$92,727
FY20211367$111,640
FY20201394$31,490
FY201919145$27,278
FY201818162$59,739
FY201726224$208,039
FY201612102$88,217
FY201511110$115,339

The district’s own budget books, restating each closed year. A line is net of grants and fees, and a budget line is not a programme.

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Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026