City Council Work Session

Jeffrey PlattenbergThank you very much, Madam Chair, and good evening, and thank you for allowing us to present the FY2026 school board approved budget this evening. tonight in our presentation i'd like to also acknowledge mr dan phillips the assistant superintendent for the school system as well tonight our presentation is going to include five different components that we're going to be speaking about the first component is the actual budget components of the approved budget the second one is the school services agreement or what we refer to as the ssa the third element is the history and trend data of the fcps operating is the history and trend data of the tuition bill and the cost per pupil and then the final and fifth one is the city membership enrollment and not only the

the existing debt comprising 5%, the CIP just over 2%, and the admin fee 1.5%, the other capital turf less than two-tenths of a percent. A little background on the school services agreement. It was originally executed in the early 60s in 1962 and ratified in 1978. It's the driver, it's a four-way agreement between Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax Fairfax County School Board and the City of Fairfax School Board. And we're going to go ahead and discuss in detail the tuition agreement and also the SSA, but I'd be remiss without talking about the school services agreement and the incredible value that it provides for the City of Fairfax students. If you take a look at what's presented here, it represents just a smattering of a lot of the extensive programs and supports,

Rachel McQuillenWhat neighboring municipalities have a similar school services agreement as ours?