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Categorical Grants

Categorical Grants are made by the State for those activities, such as pupil transportation and nursing, which are earned on a system-wide basis instead of a per-student basis.

Additional funds are provided through Equalization Grants to assist the systems with the least taxable property per student in supplementing the basic program on the same basis as other systems. These grants are intended to enable every system to derive as much revenue from each of the next 15 mills of property tax above the first 5 mills as does the system at the 75th percentile, when ranking all systems according to their property-tax digest per weighted student. The tax digest is "equalized" to ensure that the property in each jurisdiction is assessed on the same basis, and the number of students is adjusted by weighting the students by the relative cost of the programs in which they are enrolled. Chatham County is the 11th wealthiest district in the state as calculated for Equalization Grant purposes; therefore, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools earns no funds in this category.

QBE Allotment Sheet

In the Spring of each year after the General Assembly has completed its annual session, the allotment sheet for the subsequent fiscal year is provided to all schools Districts. This allotment sheet indicates the amount of QBE state funding that is forthcoming prior to any mid-term adjustment. The data from the allotment sheet initially is calculated by taking the average of the FTE counts times the base cost per FTE times the program weights, adjusted for both direct and indirect costs and adjusted for the teacher training and experience.

Every system is expected to contribute a local share based on the revenue which would be generated by five mills of property taxes when levied on the "equalized" tax digest for the system. In effect, the Local Five Mill Share, as it is now called, is like a statewide tax in the sense that this amount is deducted from the funds "earned" by each system through the formula.

The total earnings are also reduced by Austerity Reductions. The economic downturn that occurred in the last decade resulted in a reduction of state revenue, called "austerity reductions" or "Amended Formula Adjustments" introduced into QBE funding as a cost savings measure. These across the board cuts that were introduced in FY 2002 as a temporary fix have continued and grown rapidly since.