Gwinnett County Public Schools plans to cut overall spending slightly during the 2026-2027 school year, but the big news in a presentation made to the county’s school board is the district’s enrollment is on a decline.
GCPS Chief Financial Officer Masana Mailliard gave the county’s school board an early look at the district’s proposed budget on Thursday. Overall, the school system is planning for a $3.5 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, which is down $4 million, or 0.14%, from GCPS’ current budget, which was adopted at $3.4 billion but later revised to just over $3.5 billion.
“While this is modest, it really does reflect the winding down of (COVID-era) one-time costs and capital grants balanced with increases in the operational management costs,” Mailliard said…