FY2026 Budget Calendar
October 1, 2024 – Student count date for FTE funding
October 1 – 31, 2024 – Budget survey available for public input
October 17, 2024 – Adopt budget development calendar for fiscal year 2026
December 2, 2024 – Complete FY2025 mid-year salary/position budget amendment
No later than January 6, 2025 – Distribute FY2026 base budget to program managers
January 6, 2025 – January 17, 2025 – Program managers prepare FY2026 base budget and improvement requests
January 17, 2025 – Central Office program managers submit completed base budgets and improvement requests to Budget Office
January 31, 2025 – Budget Office prepares proposed budget request summary
February 18, 2025 – Superintendent and Executive Cabinet meet to discuss FY2026 budget requests
February 21, 2025 – Superintendent’s Recommendations due to Budget Office
February 24, 2025 – March 7, 2025 – Preparation and printing of Superintendent's Recommended Budget
March 13, 2025 – Board budget work session
April 17, 2025 – Board budget work session; adoption of tentative budget
April 27, 2025 and May 4, 2025 – Publish budget advertisement in newspaper
May 8, 2025 – First Public Budget Hearing
May 15, 2025 – Second Public Budget Hearing; Final Budget Adoption; and Adoption of Tentative millage rate
May 16, 2025 – Submission of Adopted Budget to Carl Vinson Institute – in compliance with GA Law
July TBD, 2025 – Final Adoption of millage rate
September TBD, 2025 – Transmit adopted budget to State Department of Education