ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester City School District Board of Education has approved next year's budget.
Next year's budget is $986,100,909, an increase of $58,513,085 from the previous year.
The final budget is due to city hall on Thursday, and city council will vote on the budget next month.
Some of the highlights from the budget include:
- Addressing chronic absenteeism.
- Allocating district resources with transparency, as well as summer school to address learning loss due to the pandemic.
- Updating the district's financial management system.
"This budget is not only balanced and educationally sound, it also continues to address the needs of students in one of the highest-needs districts in the State of New York," Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small said in a statement. "District data shows we are continuing on the right trajectory to help more students graduate even during a year complicated by learning in a remote learning environment while also dealing with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This budget continues to fund an increase in academic achievement for students while maintaining fiscal responsibility."